Total Crime Rate
7172.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Edmund 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 2JQ) 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 2JQ), 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.
View Crime In Ladywood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | New Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | New Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | New Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | New Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | New Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | New Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | New Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Waterloo Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Waterloo Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colmore Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Colmore Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Colmore Row | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | New Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | New Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Temple Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Temple Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Temple Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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