Total Crime Rate

291.0 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 291.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 78.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 57.7 10/10
  • Other theft 30.0 10/10
  • Burglary 25.4 10/10
  • Drugs 18.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.2 7/10
  • Public order 16.2 9/10
  • Robbery 11.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Theft from the person 6.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.6 7/10
  • Shoplifting 4.6 3/10
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 4th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Lozells , and the 253rd highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Warstone Lane (B18 6NZ) in the last 12 months was 291.0 per 1,000 residents and was 218.6% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -76.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 110.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Warstone Lane (B18 6NZ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 353 crimes here, including 92 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

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Albion Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tenby Street South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tenby Street South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Albion Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Albion Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Carver Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carver Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Summer Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Summer Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Summer Hill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Tenby Street North Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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