Total Crime Rate
416.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bromsgrove Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Bordesley & Highgate , and the 126th 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 Bromsgrove Street (B5 6AL) in the last 12 months was 416.4 per 1,000 residents and was 11.3% higher than the Bordesley & Highgate average (374.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 108 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 136 (≈ 218.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bromsgrove Street (B5 6AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 482 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (241 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Henstead Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Holloway Circus Queensway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Holloway Circus Queensway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Henstead Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Henstead Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Henstead Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ladywell Walk | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ladywell Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ladywell Walk | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ladywell Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wynn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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