Crime Rates at Paradise Street, Birmingham, B1 2AJ

Paradise Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Ladywood , and the 89th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 2AJ) in the last 12 months was 497.7 per 1,000 residents and was 29.9% 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 Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 244.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Paradise Street (B1 2AJ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 470 crimes here, including 236 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.