Total Crime Rate
423.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
248.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bordesley Middleway area has the 9th highest crime rate of 146 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 122nd highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Bordesley Middleway (B11 1BN) in the last 12 months was 423.6 per 1,000 residents and was 227.5% higher than the Balsall Heath West average (129.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 86 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 183.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 114 (≈ 248.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bordesley Middleway (B11 1BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Little Broom Street (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Port Hope Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sampson Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Little Broom Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Henley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Henley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Henley Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Broom Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Broom Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ferndale Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Ferndale Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kyotts Lake Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Camp Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Auckland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A41 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Port Hope Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Little Broom Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bedford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Port Hope Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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