Total Crime Rate
623.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Bordesley & Highgate , and the 59th 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 High Street (B12 0LL) in the last 12 months was 623.1 per 1,000 residents and was 66.6% higher than the Bordesley & Highgate average (374.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (β 300.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (B12 0LL), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 293 crimes here, including 117 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Rea Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Warwick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Warwick Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Warwick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alcester Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Warwick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Warwick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Warwick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rea Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cheapside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alcester Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheapside | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rea Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rea Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rea Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rea Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rea Place | Under investigation |
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