Total Crime Rate
237.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cateswell 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.
View Crime In Billesley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Welby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Silverlands Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cateswell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cateswell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cateswell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Welby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | York Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Bank Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Bank Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Bank Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Welby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Welby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Green Bank Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Edgcombe Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Arcot Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arcot Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arcot Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hall Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Edgcombe Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Welby Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Edgcombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hall Green | Local resolution |
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