Total Crime Rate
99.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chiswell Road 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 Chiswell Road (B18 4DU) 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 Chiswell Road (B18 4DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Magdala Street, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Twyning Road (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ladywood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Heath Green Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Twyning Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Smeaton Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Blackford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Algernon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Algernon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Algernon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Algernon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Algernon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Twyning Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Twyning Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Twyning Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Magdala Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Heath Green Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chiswell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cape Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winson Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryant Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryant Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Magdala Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Hamberley Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heath Green Road | Under investigation |
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