Total Crime Rate

497.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 497.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 181.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 76.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 49.8 10/10
  • Other theft 36.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 36.2 10/10
  • Public order 31.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.2 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 22.6 10/10
  • Burglary 13.6 9/10
  • Drugs 9.1 8/10
  • Robbery 9.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 4.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Swallow 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 Swallow Street (B1 2AP) 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 Swallow Street (B1 2AP), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 622 crimes here, including 291 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Swallow Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/141)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Temple Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Suffolk Street Queensway —
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Navigation Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Navigation Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Temple Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beak Street —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Beak Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beak Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beak Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Temple Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Temple Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swallow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Swallow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Swallow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Swallow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 141

Data Sources

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