Total Crime Rate

497.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 497.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 181.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 76.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 49.8 10/10
  • Other theft 36.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 36.2 10/10
  • Public order 31.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.2 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 22.6 10/10
  • Burglary 13.6 9/10
  • Drugs 9.1 8/10
  • Robbery 9.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 4.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Victoria Square area has the 16th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Ladywood , and the 89th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Victoria Square (B1 1BD) in the last 12 months was 497.7 per 1,000 residents and was 29.9% higher than the Ladywood average (383.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 244.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Victoria Square (B1 1BD), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 490 crimes here, including 236 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Victoria Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/130)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lower Severn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Colmore Row Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Colmore Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colmore Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Lower Severn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lower Severn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lower Severn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lower Severn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Lower Severn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Lower Severn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Severn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Severn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Severn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Severn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Severn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Lower Severn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Temple Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Temple Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Temple Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Temple Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Temple Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Temple Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Temple Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Temple Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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