Total Crime Rate

185.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 185.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.6 9/10
  • Other theft 20.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.4 6/10
  • Burglary 12.4 9/10
  • Robbery 12.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.4 9/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Norfolk Tower area has the 9th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Lozells , and the 588th 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 Norfolk Tower (B18 5PH) in the last 12 months was 185.2 per 1,000 residents and was 102.8% higher than the Lozells average (91.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 102.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Norfolk Tower (B18 5PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Knightstone Avenue, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Goode Avenue (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Norfolk Tower area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Abbey Street North Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Park Road South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Ford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Knightstone Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Abbey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Knightstone Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Knightstone Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hockley Pool Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abbots Way —
Sep 2025Robbery Old Smithy Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Park Road South Under investigation
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Data Sources

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