Total Crime Rate

872.7 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 872.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 300.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 145.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 90.9 10/10
  • Burglary 63.6 10/10
  • Other theft 54.6 10/10
  • Robbery 45.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 45.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.4 10/10
  • Public order 36.4 10/10
  • Drugs 27.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.1 9/10
  • Other crime 9.1 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.1 10/10
  • 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 8th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Ladywood , and the 36th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Warstone Lane (B18 6NG) in the last 12 months was 872.7 per 1,000 residents and was 127.8% higher 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -64.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 390.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 902.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Warstone Lane (B18 6NG), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 40 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 (30/36)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Spencer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mint Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Tenby Street North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Tenby Street North Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Powell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Powell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sloane Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sloane Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sloane Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sloane Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Newhall Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Albion Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Albion Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Albion Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mint Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tenby Street North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Tenby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warstone Parade East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tenby Street South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tenby Street South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Arthur Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pope Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Camden Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Spencer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Jewellery Quarter Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 36

Data Sources

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