Total Crime Rate
7235.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4431.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Great Charles Street Queensway area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Ladywood , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Great Charles Street Queensway (B3 2LP) in the last 12 months was 7235.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1914.2% higher 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 601 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 7 cases , down -12.5% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 34.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -23.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 771 (≈ 4431.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Great Charles Street Queensway (B3 2LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 284 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Conference/Exhibition Centre (152 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Temple Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | B4100 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Snow Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4100 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | B4100 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | B4100 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B4100 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B4100 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B4100 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B4100 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B4100 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Charles Street Queensway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colmore Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Water Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | B4100 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clive Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ludgate Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ludgate Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clive Passage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Temple Street | Under investigation |
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