Total Crime Rate

56.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 56.8 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.9 5/10
  • Other theft 11.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.7 3/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Robbery 2.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cecil Road area has the 56th lowest crime rate of 164 local areas in Erdington , and the 990th lowest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cecil Road (B24 8AT) in the last 12 months was 56.8 per 1,000 residents and was 54.4% lower than the Erdington average (124.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -61.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 22.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -61.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cecil Road (B24 8AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 209 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coton Lane (58 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cecil Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Avenue Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cecil Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tyler Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tyler Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avenue Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Avenue Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Avenue Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Coton Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jaffray Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Coton Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sycamore Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Sycamore Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coton Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coton Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Oxford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lansdowne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lansdowne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Coppice Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coppice Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wood End Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation

Data Sources

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