Total Crime Rate

206.3 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 206.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.1 9/10
  • Drugs 29.1 10/10
  • Burglary 21.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.6 8/10
  • Other theft 12.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.7 10/10
  • Robbery 7.3 8/10
  • Public order 4.9 4/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Hurdlow Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Lozells , and the 491st 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 Hurdlow Avenue (B18 5QQ) in the last 12 months was 206.3 per 1,000 residents and was 125.9% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 101.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 79.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hurdlow Avenue (B18 5QQ), 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 Hurdlow Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Abbey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Old Smithy Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harmer Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hockley Pool Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Ford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Park Road South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Park Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Knightstone Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Knightstone Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Knightstone Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Abbey Street North Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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