Total Crime Rate

412.0 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 412.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 198.5 10/10
  • Drugs 30.0 10/10
  • Other theft 30.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.5 8/10
  • Burglary 22.5 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 18.7 10/10
  • Public order 15.0 9/10
  • Robbery 15.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Moseley Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 148 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 130th 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 Moseley Road (B12 9AH) in the last 12 months was 412.0 per 1,000 residents and was 202.6% 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 , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 66 (≈ 247.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 53.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Moseley Road (B12 9AH), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 122 crimes here, including 50 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Moseley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/34)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakfield Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other theft Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Vincent Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Vincent Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Vincent Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Vincent Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vincent Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Vincent Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Horatio Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tindal Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edgbaston Road East Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edgbaston Road East Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edgbaston Road East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edgbaston Road East Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cromer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Burglary Malvern Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Malvern Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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