Total Crime Rate

298.0 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 298.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 124.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 51.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.6 8/10
  • Other theft 22.6 10/10
  • Robbery 13.5 9/10
  • Burglary 9.0 8/10
  • Public order 9.0 7/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.5 7/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.3 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

Stratford Place area has the 18th highest crime rate of 148 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 238th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Stratford Place (B12 0HT) in the last 12 months was 298.0 per 1,000 residents and was 118.8% 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 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 151.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stratford Place (B12 0HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rea Place (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Stratford Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs A41 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rea Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priestley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Priestley Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lowe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Rea Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Rea Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rea Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rea Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rea Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rea Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rea Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rea Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rea Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rea Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Priestley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Little Broom Street —

Data Sources

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