Total Crime Rate
173.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Helena Street area has the 57th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Ladywood , and the 636th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Helena Street (B1 2AW) in the last 12 months was 173.7 per 1,000 residents and was 51.6% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 84.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Helena Street (B1 2AW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 208 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Regency Wharf (109 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regency Wharf | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summer Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kingston Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Civic Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Civic Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Civic Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Civic Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Regency Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regency Wharf | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regency Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regency Wharf | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regency Wharf | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regency Wharf | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regency Wharf | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regency Wharf | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regency Wharf | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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