Crime Rates at The Crescent, Hockley, Birmingham, B18 5LU

The Crescent area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 852nd highest crime rate of 3,059 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 The Crescent (B18 5LU) in the last 12 months was 143.4 per 1,000 residents and was 26.9% lower than the Handsworth average (196.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 76.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Crescent (B18 5LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Naden Road, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near South Road (56 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.