Total Crime Rate

266.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

104.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 266.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 104.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 65.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.6 10/10
  • Burglary 17.5 10/10
  • Drugs 17.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.1 6/10
  • Other theft 13.1 9/10
  • Public order 13.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.4 7/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Upper Marshall Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Bordesley & Highgate , and the 278th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Upper Marshall Street (B1 1LP) in the last 12 months was 266.4 per 1,000 residents and was 27.2% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 104.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 351.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Marshall Street (B1 1LP), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Upper Marshall Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B4127 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Washington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bridge Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Shopping Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Bridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Ridley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B4127 Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft B4127 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Alfred Knight Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Alfred Knight Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order B4127 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order B4127 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B4127 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gough Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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