Total Crime Rate
326.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Jennens Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 157 local areas in Aston , and the 200th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Jennens Road (B4 7EW) in the last 12 months was 326.0 per 1,000 residents and was 161.5% higher than the Aston average (124.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 96 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -54.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 134 (≈ 128.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Jennens Road (B4 7EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woodcock Street, where police recorded 99 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Aston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aston Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bartholomew Row | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bartholomew Row | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bartholomew Row | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bartholomew Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bartholomew Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grosvenor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fox Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fox Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Jennens Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Jennens Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | James Watt Queensway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | James Watt Queensway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | James Watt Queensway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | James Watt Queensway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | James Watt Queensway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aston Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | James Watt Queensway | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodcock Street | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Aston Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Coleshill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleshill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hospital | Under investigation |
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