Total Crime Rate

473.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 473.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 169.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 88.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 62.1 10/10
  • Public order 49.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.7 10/10
  • Other theft 22.9 10/10
  • Robbery 16.3 10/10
  • Burglary 9.8 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 6.5 7/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Herbert Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 148 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 93rd 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 Herbert Road (B10 0PJ) in the last 12 months was 473.9 per 1,000 residents and was 248.0% higher than the Balsall Heath West average (136.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 75 (≈ 245.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Herbert Road (B10 0PJ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 349 crimes here, including 62 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Herbert Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/60)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Greenway Street Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Burglary Darnel Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vann Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Emmeline Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chapman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chapman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Darnel Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Darnel Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Darnel Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Chapman Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandfields Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandfields Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sandfields Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sandfields Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sandfields Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Chapman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Chapman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vann Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Pleasant Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Greenway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bassett Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Bassett Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bassett Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Dixon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Greenway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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