Total Crime Rate

196.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

117.3 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 196.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 117.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 105.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 29.3 10/10
  • Other theft 11.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.8 5/10
  • Burglary 8.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.9 8/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Public order 5.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • 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

Priory Road area has the 47th highest crime rate of 156 local areas in Aston , and the 507th 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 Priory Road (B6 7LJ) in the last 12 months was 196.5 per 1,000 residents and was 57.1% higher 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 117.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priory Road (B6 7LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lichfield Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sutherland Street (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Priory Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Grosvenor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Aston Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aston Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aston Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Lichfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Petrol Station Under investigation

Data Sources

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