Total Crime Rate
193.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
110.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hunton Hill area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 166 local areas in Erdington , and the 525th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hunton Hill (B23 7NA) in the last 12 months was 193.1 per 1,000 residents and was 52.3% higher than the Erdington average (126.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 110.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hunton Hill (B23 7NA), the main crime hotspot is near Oval Road. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hillaries Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Oval Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Windsor Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Knights Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Windsor Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Windsor Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Windsor Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxted Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Knights Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Knights Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ashley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holden Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillaries Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillaries Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hermitage Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Anita Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elder Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince William Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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