Total Crime Rate

188.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 188.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 29.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.4 9/10
  • Public order 16.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.8 9/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Other crime 1.8 1/10
  • Robbery 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

This area has the 39th highest crime rate of 148 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 574th 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 This (B15 2DS) in the last 12 months was 188.0 per 1,000 residents and was 38.0% higher 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -55.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 85.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 617.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode B15 2DS, the main crime hotspot is near Stone Road. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in B15 2DS area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Lawrence Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bellevue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newhope Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A4540 —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newhope Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wynn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wynn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Wynn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rickman Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bellevue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stone Road —
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bristol Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bellevue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bellevue —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ellis Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellis Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order A4540 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft A4540 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft A4540 Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Great Colmore Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newhope Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springmeadow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Colmore Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tylney Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Vere Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Mosedale Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mosedale Way —

Data Sources

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