Total Crime Rate
100.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wordsworth Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Bordesley Green , and the 1327th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Wordsworth Road (B10 0EE) in the last 12 months was 100.2 per 1,000 residents and was 32.4% lower than the Bordesley Green average (148.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -70.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 55.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wordsworth Road (B10 0EE), the main crime hotspot is near Byron Road. Police recorded 89 crimes here, including 71 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Swanage Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swanage Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wordsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wordsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wright Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Small Heath Highway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Small Heath Highway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wright Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swanage Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swanage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swanage Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swanage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swanage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Swanage Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Swanage Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wright Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wright Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wordsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Keats Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lloyd Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Keats Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lloyd Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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