Total Crime Rate
211.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rosewood Drive area has the 44th highest crime rate of 157 local areas in Aston , and the 472nd 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 Rosewood Drive (B23 7QD) in the last 12 months was 211.2 per 1,000 residents and was 69.4% 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 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 75 (≈ 155.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rosewood Drive (B23 7QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 125 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Slade Road (53 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Aston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Monastery Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas' Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Abbey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas' Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas' Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas' Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | St Thomas' Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Thomas' Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Slade Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pattison Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince William Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillaries Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillaries Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hillaries Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Beverley Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Slade Road | Under investigation |
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