Crime Rates at John Bright Street, Birmingham, B1 1BE

John Bright Street area has the 47th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Ladywood , and the 485th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around John Bright Street (B1 1BE) in the last 12 months was 201.8 per 1,000 residents and was 43.8% lower than the Ladywood average (359.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 42.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 80 (≈ 122.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around John Bright Street (B1 1BE), the main crime hotspot is near New Street. Police recorded 766 crimes here, including 366 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.