Total Crime Rate
173.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
65.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Priory Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Billesley , and the 635th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Priory Road (B28 0TE) in the last 12 months was 173.8 per 1,000 residents and was 80.1% higher than the Billesley average (96.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -26.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 65.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Priory Road (B28 0TE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sandmere Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Priory Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Garth | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Garth | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandmere Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chilton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chilton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Park/Open Space | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Riverside Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Garth | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Garth | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Farm Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Old Farm Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ravenshill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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