Crime Rate in Harborne, ward

Harborne has the 34th lowest crime rate of 69 wards in Birmingham district and the 1821st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 161st highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Harborne in the last 12 months was 98.6 per 1,000 residents and was 23.5% lower than the Birmingham district average (129.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Harborne’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,001 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 12 cases , down -14.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 69.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -34.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,226 (≈ 50.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Harborne ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 164 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Leeson Walk (70 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.