Total Crime Rate

861.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

123.6 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 861.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 610.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 123.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.5 9/10
  • Burglary 19.3 10/10
  • Robbery 19.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.3 10/10
  • Drugs 11.6 9/10
  • Other crime 11.6 10/10
  • Other theft 11.6 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.6 10/10
  • Public order 11.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.9 5/10
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

Dyas Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Perry Barr , and the 38th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Dyas Avenue (B42 1HE) in the last 12 months was 861.0 per 1,000 residents and was 602.5% higher than the Perry Barr average (122.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 158 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 123.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dyas Avenue (B42 1HE), the main crime hotspot is near Bescot Croft. Police recorded 212 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dyas Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hillside Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bescot Croft Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Homelands Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Homelands Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bescot Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bescot Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bescot Croft Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bescot Croft Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bescot Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bescot Croft Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bescot Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bescot Croft Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bescot Croft Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tower Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tower Hill —
Apr 2026Other theft Coleraine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Yateley Crescent Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dyas Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsdown Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bescot Croft Under investigation
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Data Sources

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