Total Crime Rate

338.4 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 338.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 110.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 59.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.6 10/10
  • Burglary 22.9 10/10
  • Other theft 21.0 10/10
  • Public order 21.0 9/10
  • Other crime 11.5 10/10
  • Drugs 9.6 8/10
  • Robbery 7.7 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.9 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.9 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

Mount Pleasant area has the 15th highest crime rate of 148 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 183rd highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Mount Pleasant (B10 0RL) in the last 12 months was 338.4 per 1,000 residents and was 148.5% 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 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 76 (≈ 145.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mount Pleasant (B10 0RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mount Pleasant, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barnford Close (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Mount Pleasant area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sandfields Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bordesley Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sandfields Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Vehicle crime Emmeline Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bordesley Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Pleasant Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Pleasant Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Pleasant Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Pleasant Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Darnel Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandfields Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandfields Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sandfields Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Barnford Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 Hawthorn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Dixon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Arthur Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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