Total Crime Rate

193.9 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 193.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.0 9/10
  • Other theft 18.5 9/10
  • Burglary 15.4 10/10
  • Drugs 15.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.3 8/10
  • Public order 12.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.3 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.2 10/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Village Road area has the 47th highest crime rate of 157 local areas in Aston , and the 546th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Village Road (B6 6RE) in the last 12 months was 193.9 per 1,000 residents and was 55.5% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 104.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 137.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Village Road (B6 6RE), the main crime hotspot is near Serpentine Road. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Village Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Estone Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holte Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Charles Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tame Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Serpentine Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Serpentine Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holte Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Holte Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Holte Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Village Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Village Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Westwood Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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