Total Crime Rate
776.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
517.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Northbrook Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Ladywood , and the 45th 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 Northbrook Street (B16 0BB) in the last 12 months was 776.0 per 1,000 residents and was 116.0% 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 126 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 164 (≈ 517.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Northbrook Street (B16 0BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 117 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Northbrook Street (41 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 | A4040 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northbrook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Northbrook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marroway Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marroway Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Icknield Port Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lansdowne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Carlisle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4135 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | B4135 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | B4135 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | B4135 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Link Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Link Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northbrook Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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