Total Crime Rate
617.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Broadway area has the 11th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Ladywood , and the 61st 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 Broadway (B15 1BG) in the last 12 months was 617.1 per 1,000 residents and was 61.1% higher 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 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 76 (≈ 240.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broadway (B15 1BG), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 300 crimes here, including 153 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sherborne Street Wharf | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rake Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rake Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rake Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roseland Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlins Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Martin'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bellcroft | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherborne Street Wharf | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Sherborne Street Wharf | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherborne Street Wharf | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rake Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Grosvenor Street West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Graston Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Essington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Essington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Essington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rake Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rake Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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