Total Crime Rate

69.4 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 69.4 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.3 7/10
  • Other theft 4.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.3 1/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Homer Street area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 148 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 1221st lowest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Homer Street (B12 9RA) in the last 12 months was 69.4 per 1,000 residents and was 49.0% lower 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 366.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 37.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 433.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Homer Street (B12 9RA), 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 Homer Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Augusta Road East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Vincent Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edgbaston Road East Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mary Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mary Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wenman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Vincent Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tindal Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Vehicle crime George Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cromer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Vincent Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mary Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Vincent Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Louise Lorne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Camrose Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vincent Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edgbaston Road East Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caroline Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Louise Lorne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edgbaston Road East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edgbaston Road East Under investigation

Data Sources

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