Total Crime Rate

299.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

163.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 299.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 163.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 105.4 10/10
  • Public order 37.4 10/10
  • Other theft 25.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 25.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.7 9/10
  • Drugs 17.0 9/10
  • Robbery 11.6 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.8 9/10
  • Theft from the person 8.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The 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.

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Crime Over Time in The Aston Triangle area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Fox Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Hospital Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Grosvenor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Fox Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Fox Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Bartholomew Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bartholomew Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Aston Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Aston Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Aston Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Aston Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Aston Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aston Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary James Watt Queensway Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order James Watt Queensway Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences James Watt Queensway Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences James Watt Queensway Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences James Watt Queensway Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences James Watt Queensway Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences James Watt Queensway Under investigation

Data Sources

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