Total Crime Rate
268.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
105.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Princip Street area has the 30th highest crime rate of 156 local areas in Aston , and the 275th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Princip Street (B4 6NS) in the last 12 months was 268.6 per 1,000 residents and was 114.8% higher than the Aston average (125.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 105.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 88.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Princip Street (B4 6NS), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 386 crimes here, including 211 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shadwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blews Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lancaster Circus Queensway | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lancaster Circus Queensway | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bagot Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bagot Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Staniforth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Staniforth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Staniforth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Staniforth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bagot Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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