Total Crime Rate

545.6 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 545.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 171.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 68.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 57.3 8/10
  • Other theft 50.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.9 9/10
  • Public order 37.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.8 10/10
  • Burglary 17.9 10/10
  • Drugs 16.1 9/10
  • Robbery 16.1 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.5 10/10
  • Other crime 8.9 9/10
  • Theft from the person 8.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.8 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

Lichfield Road area has the highest crime rate of 15 local areas in Nechells , and the 74th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Lichfield Road (B6 7SP) in the last 12 months was 545.6 per 1,000 residents and was 368.2% higher than the Nechells average (116.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 96 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -34.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 133 (≈ 237.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lichfield Road (B6 7SP), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 125 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lichfield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Crompton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Copeley Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bentons Mill Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Crompton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Crompton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Crompton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Crompton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crompton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Copeley Hill Under investigation
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Data Sources

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