Total Crime Rate
2131.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025This area has the highest crime rate of 157 local areas in Aston , and the 7th 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 This (B4 7SA) in the last 12 months was 2131.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1609.8% higher than the Aston average (124.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 544 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 8 cases , up 166.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -41.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 365 (≈ 586.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around postcode B4 7SA, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Park/Open Space, where police recorded 100 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodcock Street (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Aston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Curzon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Park/Open Space | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Park/Open Space | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Park/Open Space | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Park/Open Space | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Woodcock Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Park/Open Space | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Park/Open Space | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Woodcock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodcock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodcock Street | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleshill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodcock Street | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Woodcock Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grosvenor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Curzon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Coleshill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Jennens Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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