Total Crime Rate

99.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 99.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.3 4/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Robbery 4.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Heath Street area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Ladywood , and the 1382nd highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Heath Street (B18 4DF) in the last 12 months was 99.8 per 1,000 residents and was 74.0% lower than the Ladywood average (383.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 41.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -56.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 105.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heath Street (B18 4DF), the main crime hotspot is near Villiers Street. Police recorded 110 crimes here, including 67 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Heath Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Hamberley Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Magdala Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bryant Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cuthbert Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cuthbert Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cuthbert Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Algernon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chiswell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bryant Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Magdala Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Magdala Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Algernon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Magdala Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Magdala Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Magdala Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Magdala Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Magdala Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Magdala Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Magdala Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Blackford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Smeaton Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Algernon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Algernon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Algernon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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