Total Crime Rate
229.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
136.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lodge Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 377th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lodge Road (B18 5SE) in the last 12 months was 229.4 per 1,000 residents and was 17.0% higher 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 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 136.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lodge Road (B18 5SE), the main crime hotspot is near Magdala Street. Police recorded 208 crimes here, including 97 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 | Other crime | Magdala Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdala Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | A4040 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | A4040 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Magdala Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Magdala Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Magdala Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Magdala Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Magdala Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Magdala Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Magdala Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Magdala Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdala Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdala Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Talbot Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdala Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdala Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdala Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdala Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdala Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Magdala Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Magdala Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Magdala Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Magdala Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Magdala Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Magdala Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A4040 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bacchus Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Berry Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rectory Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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