Crime Rates at Preston Road, Yardley, Birmingham, B26 1TG

Preston Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Sheldon , and the 1482nd highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Preston Road (B26 1TG) in the last 12 months was 92.8 per 1,000 residents and was 19.5% lower than the Sheldon average (115.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 72.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 260.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Preston Road (B26 1TG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 270 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (80 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.