Total Crime Rate
313.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
124.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Harborne , and the 209th 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 High Street (B17 9NN) in the last 12 months was 313.7 per 1,000 residents and was 245.7% higher than the Harborne average (90.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 124.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (B17 9NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 135 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Harborne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Margaret Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chad Valley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chad Valley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | York Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | York Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greenfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frensham Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Regent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Regent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malins Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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