Total Crime Rate

95.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

26.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 95.2 7/10
  • Other theft 35.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 26.8 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.9 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.9 9/10
  • Public order 8.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.0 1/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.0 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
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 25th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Harborne , and the 1399th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (B17 9NP) in the last 12 months was 95.2 per 1,000 residents and was 5.0% higher than the Harborne average (90.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 26.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (B17 9NP), 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 (44 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 Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Frensham Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Regent Road 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 2026Vehicle crime Chestnut Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson York Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Chestnut Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rose Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rose Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rose Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Rose Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft 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 2026Vehicle crime Margaret Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Metchley Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Greenfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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