Total Crime Rate
1059.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
726.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Granville Square area has the 6th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Ladywood , and the 25th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Granville Square (B15 1UJ) in the last 12 months was 1059.4 per 1,000 residents and was 194.9% 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 130 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 159 (≈ 726.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2553.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Granville Square (B15 1UJ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 696 crimes here, including 417 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gas Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holliday Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B4127 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4127 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4127 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4127 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4127 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4127 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holliday Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holliday Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holliday Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Holliday Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B4127 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Upper William Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Upper William Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Offender given a caution |
| 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B4127 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longleat Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gas Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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