Total Crime Rate
688.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
336.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Blews Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 156 local areas in Aston , and the 51st highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Blews Street (B6 4EP) in the last 12 months was 688.4 per 1,000 residents and was 450.4% 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 166 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -24.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 217 (≈ 336.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blews Street (B6 4EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Legge Street (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Tower Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bagot Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Miller Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Legge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Legge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Legge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Legge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Legge Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Staniforth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Staniforth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bagot Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bagot Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bagot Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bagot Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bagot Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blews Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St Stephens Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shillcock Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shillcock Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shillcock Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatchett Street | — |
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