Total Crime Rate

175.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 175.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 108.6 10/10
  • Burglary 12.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.6 7/10
  • Other theft 9.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.6 8/10
  • Robbery 6.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Hawkesyard Road area has the 40th highest crime rate of 164 local areas in Erdington , and the 637th 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 Hawkesyard Road (B24 8LH) in the last 12 months was 175.7 per 1,000 residents and was 41.1% higher 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 121.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hawkesyard Road (B24 8LH), the main crime hotspot is near Oval Road. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hawkesyard Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Downside Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ansell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ansell Road
Sep 2025Burglary St Dominic'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oval Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Compton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Compton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oval Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Marshfield Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marshfield Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Dominic'S Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawkesyard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsmere Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Ansell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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