Total Crime Rate
300.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Broad Street area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Ladywood , and the 234th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Broad Street (B15 1BF) in the last 12 months was 300.0 per 1,000 residents and was 21.7% lower than the Ladywood average (383.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 175.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -39.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 360.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broad Street (B15 1BF), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 193 crimes here, including 105 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ladywood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Essington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Martin'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ryland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Grosvenor Street West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ryland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ryland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ryland Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bellcroft | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Essington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Sherborne Street Wharf | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherborne Street Wharf | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sherborne Street Wharf | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherborne Street Wharf | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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