Total Crime Rate

101.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

69.3 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 101.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 69.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.9 8/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Freer Road area has the 65th lowest crime rate of 156 local areas in Aston , and the 1310th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Freer Road (B6 6ND) in the last 12 months was 101.5 per 1,000 residents and was 18.9% lower than the Aston average (125.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 69.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Freer Road (B6 6ND), the main crime hotspot is near Hampton Road. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Freer Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chain Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Freer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dovehouse Pool Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dovehouse Pool Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Normandy Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Townley Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodridge Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fentham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winchester Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Freer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Freer Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Dovehouse Pool Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Arden Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Hampton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Arden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chain Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Hampton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hampton Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hampton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hampton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hampton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hampton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bayswater Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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