Total Crime Rate
225.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hillaries Road area has the 38th highest crime rate of 157 local areas in Aston , and the 419th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Hillaries Road (B23 7QS) in the last 12 months was 225.1 per 1,000 residents and was 80.5% 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 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 144.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hillaries Road (B23 7QS), the main crime hotspot is near Slade Road. Police recorded 105 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Aston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hermitage Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravelly Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Slade Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Slade Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Slade Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Slade Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ashley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | The Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravelly Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A5127 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Slade Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A5127 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunton Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunton Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Slade Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Slade Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hillaries Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Hermitage Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermitage Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Anita Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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