Total Crime Rate
282.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Minster Drive area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Bordesley Green , and the 270th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Minster Drive (B10 0LD) in the last 12 months was 282.7 per 1,000 residents and was 60.8% higher than the Bordesley Green average (175.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 190.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Minster Drive (B10 0LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Small Heath Highway, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Langley Road (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Henshaw Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Small Heath Highway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Keats Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Langley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Minster Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Minster Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Small Heath Highway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Small Heath Highway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Small Heath Highway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Watt'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Watt'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Watt'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Small Heath Highway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Taywood Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Small Heath Highway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Small Heath Highway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Small Heath Highway | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Henshaw Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Oakley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glovers Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Whitmore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Danford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Danford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Danford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Keats Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Minster Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Taywood Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
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