Total Crime Rate

237.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 237.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.9 8/10
  • Burglary 22.9 10/10
  • Public order 20.0 9/10
  • Other theft 17.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 17.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.4 7/10
  • Robbery 8.6 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.7 8/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Cateswell Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Billesley , and the 377th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cateswell Road (B28 8NB) in the last 12 months was 237.1 per 1,000 residents and was 148.0% higher than the Billesley average (95.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 111.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cateswell Road (B28 8NB), the main crime hotspot is near Green Bank Avenue. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cateswell Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime York Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Silverlands Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cateswell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cateswell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cateswell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welby Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime York Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Russell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Russell Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Bank Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Bank Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Bank Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welby Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Welby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Green Bank Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edgcombe Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Arcot Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arcot Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arcot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hall Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edgcombe Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Welby Road
Sep 2025Public order Edgcombe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hall Green Local resolution

Data Sources

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