Total Crime Rate
213.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
128.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Armada Close area has the 28th highest crime rate of 166 local areas in Erdington , and the 432nd highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Armada Close (B23 7PB) in the last 12 months was 213.6 per 1,000 residents and was 68.5% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 128.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Armada Close (B23 7PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 91 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Minstead Road (59 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hillside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillaries Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Minstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A5127 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A5127 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | A5127 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | A5127 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A5127 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Armada Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beverley Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hillaries Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillaries Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minstead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | The Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Minstead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Minstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Minstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minstead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Minstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minstead Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Powick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Anita Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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