Total Crime Rate
113.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Marlborough Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Bordesley & Highgate , and the 1200th 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 Marlborough Road (B10 9NY) in the last 12 months was 113.3 per 1,000 residents and was 69.7% lower than the Bordesley & Highgate average (374.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 79.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 32.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 62.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marlborough Road (B10 9NY), the main crime hotspot is near Kenelm Road. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bordesley & Highgate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Imperial Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Kenelm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kenelm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Kenelm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hugh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hugh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hugh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hugh Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hugh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hugh Road | Under investigation |
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