Total Crime Rate
168.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Barrow Walk area has the 21st highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Bordesley & Highgate , and the 692nd 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 Barrow Walk (B5 7LD) in the last 12 months was 168.0 per 1,000 residents and was 55.1% lower than the Bordesley & Highgate average (374.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 11.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 43.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 34.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barrow Walk (B5 7LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clissold Close, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Rathbone Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gooch Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Belgrave Middleway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Belgrave Middleway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Vernolds Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowton Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Longmore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gooch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gooch Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gooch Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gooch Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horton Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horton Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Vere Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kemble Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horton Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Horton Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Spooner Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belgravia Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rathbone Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vaughton Street South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clissold Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clissold Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clover Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clover Walk | Under investigation |
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