Total Crime Rate
1784.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lombard Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Bordesley & Highgate , and the 14th 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 Lombard Street (B12 0QR) in the last 12 months was 1784.7 per 1,000 residents and was 377.2% higher 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 224 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 291 (≈ 824.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 62.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lombard Street (B12 0QR), the main crime hotspot is near Alcester Street. Police recorded 93 crimes here, including 52 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 | Green Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Darwin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Rea Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bradford Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bradford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stanhope Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rea Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rea Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rea Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rea Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Green Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Darwin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Vaughton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Darwin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rea Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rea Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rea Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rea Place | Under investigation |
| 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 |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Vaughton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Rea Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanhope Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alcester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cheapside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cheapside | Under investigation |
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