Total Crime Rate

313.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

124.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 313.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 124.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 49.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 34.2 7/10
  • Burglary 21.7 10/10
  • Drugs 15.5 9/10
  • Other theft 15.5 9/10
  • Public order 15.5 9/10
  • Robbery 12.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.3 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High 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.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Margaret Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Forest Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Forest Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chad Valley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Chad Valley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson York Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson York Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Greenfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Frensham Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Regent Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting York Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Regent Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Regent Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting York Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting York Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malins Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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