Total Crime Rate

7172.4 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 7172.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3379.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 683.9 10/10
  • Public order 592.0 10/10
  • Other theft 557.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 425.3 10/10
  • Drugs 327.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 235.6 10/10
  • Robbery 229.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 212.6 10/10
  • Burglary 149.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 126.4 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 120.7 10/10
  • Other crime 74.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 57.5 10/10
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

Edmund Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Ladywood , and the 2nd 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 Edmund Street (B3 2HB) in the last 12 months was 7172.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1772.5% 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 588 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 10 cases , up 25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 30.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -27.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 752 (≈ 4321.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Edmund Street (B3 2HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near New Street, where police recorded 826 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (498 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Edmund Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bennett'S Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colmore Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Colmore Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Colmore Row Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bennett'S Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bennett'S Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bennett'S Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Conference/Exhibition Centre Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Conference/Exhibition Centre Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Conference/Exhibition Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Conference/Exhibition Centre Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Conference/Exhibition Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area

Data Sources

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