Total Crime Rate
77.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Upper Marshall Street area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Bordesley & Highgate , and the 1377th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Upper Marshall Street (B1 1LA) in the last 12 months was 77.5 per 1,000 residents and was 78.8% lower than the Bordesley & Highgate average (366.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 28.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -94.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Upper Marshall Street (B1 1LA), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 236 crimes here, including 118 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lower Severn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lower Severn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lower Severn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lower Severn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lower Severn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lower Severn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brunel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Suffolk Street Queensway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Severn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lower Severn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Severn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4127 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ridley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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