Total Crime Rate
2481.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025New Spring Street area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Lozells , and the 4th 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 New Spring Street (B18 7LD) in the last 12 months was 2481.5 per 1,000 residents and was 2617.3% higher than the Lozells average (91.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 136 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 90.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 100 (≈ 617.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around New Spring Street (B18 7LD), 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.
View Crime In Lozells| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boar Hound Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Knightstone Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Knightstone Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Knightstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warstone Parade East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Boar Hound Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Boar Hound Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mint Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mint Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Camden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pope Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tenby Street South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tenby Street South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bond Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | George Street West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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