Total Crime Rate
197.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bellcroft area has the 49th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Ladywood , and the 504th 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 Bellcroft (B16 8EJ) in the last 12 months was 197.0 per 1,000 residents and was 45.2% lower 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 22.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 74.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bellcroft (B16 8EJ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 35 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Great Tindal Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheepcote Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherborne Street Wharf | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherborne Street Wharf | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ledsam Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherborne Street Wharf | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Guild Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Guild Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheepcote Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rann Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherborne Street Wharf | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Morville Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morville Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Edwards Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Edwards Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rann Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Marks Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kilby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilby Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Tindal Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Tindal Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Tindal Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ashton Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Tindal Street | Under investigation |
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