Postcode · Birmingham
Crime in B17 9AR
How much crime is recorded in B17 9AR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Harborne West
- Council
- Birmingham
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,639 (2024)
B17 9ARBirmingham
How safe is B17 9AR
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 25.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B17 9AR area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
25.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
31
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).
B17 9ARNational
Burglary18.69.1
Violence and sexual offences11.423.6
Vehicle crime8.43.5
Criminal damage and arson3.34.7
Other theft1.44.5
Robbery0.91.4
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Public order0.44.6
Other crime0.21.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 35% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
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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.