Total Crime Rate
143.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
76.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Abbey Street 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 Abbey Street (B18 5QS) 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 Abbey Street (B18 5QS), the main crime hotspot is near South Road. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 56 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 | Harmer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Knightstone Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Whitmore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitmore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | All Saints' Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | All Saints' Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knightstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knightstone Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knightstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knightstone Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knightstone Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knightstone Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knightstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knightstone Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Knightstone Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Knightstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knightstone Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Knightstone Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Knightstone Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wharf Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharf Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Paxton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | South Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | South Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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