Total Crime Rate
175.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hawkesyard 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.
View Crime In Erdington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Downside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ansell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ansell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Dominic'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Compton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Compton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Marshfield Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marshfield Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Dominic'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkesyard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsmere Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ansell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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