Total Crime Rate
588.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
256.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broadway area has the 14th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Ladywood , and the 66th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Broadway (B15 1BG) in the last 12 months was 588.6 per 1,000 residents and was 63.9% higher than the Ladywood average (359.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 81 (≈ 256.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -91.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broadway (B15 1BG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 297 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rake Way (158 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherborne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sherborne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherborne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheepcote Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherborne Street Wharf | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Edwards Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Essington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Edwards Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rake Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rake Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rake Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rake Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherborne Street Wharf | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherborne Street Wharf | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rake Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Morville Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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