Total Crime Rate

260.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 260.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 138.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.0 8/10
  • Public order 16.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.8 9/10
  • Drugs 13.2 9/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.2 9/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Other crime 4.9 7/10
  • Robbery 4.9 7/10
  • Shoplifting 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Holyrood 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.

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Crime Over Time in Holyrood Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Dolman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Freer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fentham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fentham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Fentham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Dovehouse Pool Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bromfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Townley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Townley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Townley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodridge Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Woodridge Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Whitehead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dolman Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dovehouse Pool Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mansfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Malthouse Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malthouse Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malthouse Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Malthouse Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mansfield Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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