Crime Rates at Water Street, Birmingham, B3 1BJ

Water Street area has the 43rd lowest crime rate of 118 local areas in Ladywood , and the 1268th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Water Street (B3 1BJ) in the last 12 months was 105.3 per 1,000 residents and was 70.7% lower than the Ladywood average (359.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 44.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 39.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Water Street (B3 1BJ), the main crime hotspot is near Conference/Exhibition Centre. Police recorded 215 crimes here, including 152 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.