Total Crime Rate
378.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Powick Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 157 local areas in Aston , and the 148th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Powick Road (B23 7NY) in the last 12 months was 378.7 per 1,000 residents and was 203.7% higher than the Aston average (124.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -77.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 168.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 346.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Powick Road (B23 7NY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 125 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Minstead Road (67 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Aston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillaries Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hillside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hillside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | The Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillaries Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hillaries Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | The Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Beverley Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A5127 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A5127 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hillside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hillside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Minstead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rosewood Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Minstead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Minstead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravelly Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Minstead Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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