Total Crime Rate

453.6 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 453.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 206.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 41.2 10/10
  • Other theft 41.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 41.2 8/10
  • Public order 25.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.8 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.2 7/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Robbery 5.2 7/10
  • Other crime 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

Wharfside Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Ladywood , and the 105th 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 Wharfside Street (B1 1XL) in the last 12 months was 453.6 per 1,000 residents and was 18.4% higher than the Ladywood average (383.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 247.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wharfside Street (B1 1XL), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 246 crimes here, including 126 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wharfside Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4127 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4127 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4127 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4127 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4127 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Bridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Holliday Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holliday Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waterfront Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellis Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellis Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swallow Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Suffolk Street Queensway
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Navigation Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Marshall Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Navigation Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Granville Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 Lower Severn Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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