Total Crime Rate
260.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Holyrood Grove area has the 30th highest crime rate of 157 local areas in Aston , and the 317th 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 Holyrood Grove (B6 6AX) in the last 12 months was 260.3 per 1,000 residents and was 108.8% 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 84 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 2 cases , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 102 (≈ 168.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holyrood Grove (B6 6AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dolman Road, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Townley Gardens (29 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 crime | Dolman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Freer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fentham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fentham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fentham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Dovehouse Pool Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Freer Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Freer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Freer Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Freer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Freer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Townley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Townley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Townley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodridge | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Woodridge | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Whitehead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dolman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dovehouse Pool Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Malthouse Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malthouse Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malthouse Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Malthouse Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mansfield Road | Under investigation |
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