Total Crime Rate

270.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 270.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 56.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.2 8/10
  • Burglary 21.8 10/10
  • Drugs 21.8 10/10
  • Other theft 13.1 9/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Robbery 8.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Holloway Head area has the 14th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Bordesley & Highgate , and the 289th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Holloway Head (B1 1QP) in the last 12 months was 270.7 per 1,000 residents and was 27.6% lower than the Bordesley & Highgate average (374.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 91.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -51.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 935.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holloway Head (B1 1QP), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 181 crimes here, including 97 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Holloway Head area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/63)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Midford Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Suffolk Street Queensway —
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ellis Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellis Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellis Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waterfront Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ridley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bell Barn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mosedale Way —
Sep 2025Robbery Mosedale Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cregoe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Holliday Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holliday Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Irving Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bell Barn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bow Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Great Colmore Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Colmore Street Local resolution
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Data Sources

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