Total Crime Rate

82.1 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 82.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.0 8/10
  • Burglary 7.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Public order 5.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Highfield Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Hall Green North , and the 1458th lowest 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 Highfield Road (B28 0HS) in the last 12 months was 82.1 per 1,000 residents and was 15.0% higher than the Hall Green North average (71.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 52.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 90.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highfield Road (B28 0HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Robin Hood Lane, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blackburne Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Highfield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robin Hood Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Robin Hood Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Robin Hood Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gresham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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