Total Crime Rate

113.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 113.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.1 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.1 10/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Drugs 4.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Public order 2.4 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Marlborough 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.

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Crime Over Time in Marlborough Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlborough Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Green Lane
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Imperial Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charles Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Kenelm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kenelm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Green Lane
Sep 2025Drugs Kenelm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hugh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hugh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hugh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hugh Road
Sep 2025Other crime Hugh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hugh Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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