Total Crime Rate
13.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ashover Road area has the lowest crime rate of 39 local areas in Oscott , and the 128th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ashover Road (B44 9BA) in the last 12 months was 13.5 per 1,000 residents and was 80.6% lower than the Oscott average (69.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashover Road (B44 9BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B4149, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shady Lane (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringinglow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farrier Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B4149 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B4149 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4149 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4149 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shady Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shady Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shady Lane | Under investigation |
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