Total Crime Rate
115.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lily Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Sheldon , and the 1143rd highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lily Road (B26 1TE) in the last 12 months was 115.0 per 1,000 residents and was 3.9% higher than the Sheldon average (110.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 26.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -97.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lily Road (B26 1TE), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 261 crimes here, including 76 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Edward Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Harvey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwell Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emily Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Edward Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Harvey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Edward Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ash Tree Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Charles Edward Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Charles Edward Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Harvey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hobmoor Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Preston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Preston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Harvey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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