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

The Crescent area has the 18th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 418th 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 The Crescent (B18 5LU) in the last 12 months was 225.5 per 1,000 residents and was 17.5% higher than the Handsworth average (192.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 124.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.3% 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 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near South Road (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.