Crime Rates at Mere Road, Birmingham, B23 7LL

Mere Road area has the 42nd highest crime rate of 156 local areas in Aston , and the 410th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mere Road (B23 7LL) in the last 12 months was 220.0 per 1,000 residents and was 75.9% higher than the Aston average (125.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 133.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mere Road (B23 7LL), the main crime hotspot is near Sports/Recreation Area. Police recorded 145 crimes here, including 112 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.