Crime Rates at Highland Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B23 6PA

Highland Road area has the 79th highest crime rate of 164 local areas in Erdington , and the 1443rd highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Highland Road (B23 6PA) in the last 12 months was 95.7 per 1,000 residents and was 23.1% lower than the Erdington average (124.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 63.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highland Road (B23 6PA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ilsley Road, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Conference/Exhibition Centre (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.