Total Crime Rate

168.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 168.0 9/10
  • Burglary 74.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.7 8/10
  • Other theft 11.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.7 8/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Public order 3.9 4/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Barrow 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.

Crime Over Time in Barrow Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Rathbone Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gooch Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Belgrave Middleway Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Belgrave Middleway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Vernolds Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowton Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Longmore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gooch Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Gooch Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Gooch Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Gooch Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horton Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horton Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Vere Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kemble Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horton Square Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Horton Square
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Spooner Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belgravia Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rathbone Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vaughton Street South Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clissold Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clissold Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Clover Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clover Walk Under investigation

Data Sources

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