Total Crime Rate
105.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Yardley Road area has the 59th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 1258th 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 Yardley Road (B27 6LL) in the last 12 months was 105.7 per 1,000 residents and was 24.9% lower than the Acocks Green average (140.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 49.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -67.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Yardley Road (B27 6LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Weates Yard, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dalston Road (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Acocks Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwall Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramley Mews Court | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Francis Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yardley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Yardley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beeches Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sherbourne Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sherbourne Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sherbourne Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Augusta Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramley Mews Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Augusta Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wynford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beeches Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beeches Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beeches Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beeches Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beeches Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Weates Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Yardley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weates Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Colwall Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chestnut Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Malvern Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Malvern Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weates Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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