Total Crime Rate
339.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
200.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Winson Street area has the 27th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Ladywood , and the 188th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Winson Street (B18 4JT) in the last 12 months was 339.2 per 1,000 residents and was 5.6% lower than the Ladywood average (359.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 73 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 103 (≈ 200.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Winson Street (B18 4JT), the main crime hotspot is near Cranford Street. Police recorded 129 crimes here, including 92 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiswell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moilliett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Moilliett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moilliett Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moilliett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cranford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cranford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cranford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cranford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cranford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cranford Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moilliett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dugdale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dugdale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Twyning Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Twyning Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cape Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canning Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canning Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cape Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moilliett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Moilliett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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