Total Crime Rate

357.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

221.7 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 357.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 221.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 153.9 10/10
  • Other theft 45.3 10/10
  • Public order 36.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.7 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 22.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.6 10/10
  • Drugs 13.6 9/10
  • Theft from the person 13.6 9/10
  • Robbery 9.1 9/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Paradise Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Ladywood , and the 171st highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Paradise Street (B1 2AH) in the last 12 months was 357.5 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% lower than the Ladywood average (359.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 11.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 221.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Paradise Street (B1 2AH), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 447 crimes here, including 217 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Paradise Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/104)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Navigation Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lower Severn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Great Charles Street Queensway Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Suffolk Street Queensway Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
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 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Lower Severn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Severn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Severn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Severn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Severn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Waterloo Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ellis Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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