Total Crime Rate

37.2 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 37.2 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Shoplifting 5.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Warstone Lane area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Ladywood , and the 584th lowest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Warstone Lane (B18 6JQ) in the last 12 months was 37.2 per 1,000 residents and was 90.3% lower than the Ladywood average (383.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 16.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Warstone Lane (B18 6JQ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 122 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Warstone Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/43)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Albion Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Augusta Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Mary Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hall Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Brook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Tenby Street North Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tenby Street North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Tenby Street North Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tenby Street North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hockley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Tenby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Branston Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regent Parade —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Regent Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Hockley Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Newhall Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Spencer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Northwood Street —
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Data Sources

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