Total Crime Rate
299.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
163.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Aston Triangle area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 156 local areas in Aston , and the 229th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around The Aston Triangle (B4 7EJ) in the last 12 months was 299.1 per 1,000 residents and was 139.2% higher than the Aston average (125.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 155 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 240 (≈ 163.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Aston Triangle (B4 7EJ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 240 crimes here, including 94 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fox Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hospital | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grosvenor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Fox Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fox Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bartholomew Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aston Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aston Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Aston Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Aston Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Aston Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aston Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | James Watt Queensway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | James Watt Queensway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | James Watt Queensway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | James Watt Queensway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | James Watt Queensway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | James Watt Queensway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | James Watt Queensway | Under investigation |
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