Postcode · Birmingham
Crime in B15 2LA
How much crime is recorded in B15 2LA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Edgbaston South & University
- Council
- Birmingham
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,705 (2024)
B15 2LABirmingham
How safe is B15 2LA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B15 2LA area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
20.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
34
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
B15 2LANational
Burglary42.59.1
Violence and sexual offences8.523.6
Vehicle crime6.13.5
Other theft3.24.5
Public order2.94.6
Criminal damage and arson2.84.7
Bicycle theft2.31.0
Shoplifting0.98.4
Other crime0.91.5
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Drugs0.32.4
Robbery0.31.4
Anti-social behaviour0.310.7
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 21% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.