Total Crime Rate

534.7 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 534.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 136.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 77.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 72.0 10/10
  • Robbery 51.4 10/10
  • Burglary 43.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 38.6 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 38.6 10/10
  • Public order 30.9 10/10
  • Other theft 20.6 10/10
  • Drugs 15.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.6 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
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

Highgate 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.

Crime Over Time in Highgate Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Royston Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Gosford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clissold Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clissold Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Kinver Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Longmore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences James Samuel Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences James Samuel Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences James Samuel Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Belgrave Middleway Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Belgrave Middleway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clissold Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clissold Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Horton Square
Sep 2025Drugs Vaughton Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vaughton Street South Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Vaughton Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour James Samuel Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Angelina Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Royston Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Royston Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Royston Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Royston Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Royston Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Royston Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Royston Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stanhope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanhope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Highgate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Kinver Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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