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

Holloway Head 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 Holloway Head (B1 1QS) 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 Holloway Head (B1 1QS), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 198 crimes here, including 109 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
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Cregoe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ellis Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Exeter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beak Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Lower Severn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Lower Severn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Lower Severn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Lower Severn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lower Severn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Ridley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lower Severn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B4127 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B4127 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B4127 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B4127 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B4127 Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order B4127 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order B4127 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft B4127 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ellis Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brunel Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Bow Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Grant Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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