Total Crime Rate
158.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
83.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stratford Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Billesley , and the 726th 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 Stratford Road (B28 8AF) in the last 12 months was 158.7 per 1,000 residents and was 64.5% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 83.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stratford Road (B28 8AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Green Bank Avenue, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Bank Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooklands Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arcot Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arcot Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Green Bank Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Bank Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Bank Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Bank Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welby Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brooklands Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hall Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arcot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cubley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgcombe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnaston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Silverlands Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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