Total Crime Rate
534.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Highgate Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 148 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 77th 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 Highgate Street (B12 0XP) in the last 12 months was 534.7 per 1,000 residents and was 292.7% 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 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -37.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 100 (≈ 257.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 47.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highgate Street (B12 0XP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clissold Close, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Royston Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gosford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clissold Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clissold Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kinver Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Longmore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | James Samuel Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | James Samuel Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | James Samuel Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Belgrave Middleway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Belgrave Middleway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clissold Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clissold Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Horton Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Vaughton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vaughton Street South | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Vaughton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | James Samuel Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Angelina Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Royston Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Royston Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Royston Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Royston Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Royston Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Royston Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Royston Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stanhope Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanhope Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Highgate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Kinver Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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