Total Crime Rate

326.0 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 326.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 92.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 46.0 10/10
  • Other theft 34.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.9 10/10
  • Burglary 23.0 10/10
  • Public order 20.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 18.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.3 7/10
  • Drugs 15.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 14.4 6/10
  • Robbery 13.4 9/10
  • Other crime 4.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • 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

Holt Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 157 local areas in Aston , and the 200th 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 Holt Street (B7 4BP) in the last 12 months was 326.0 per 1,000 residents and was 161.5% higher than the Aston average (124.7 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 Possession of weapons with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -54.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 134 (≈ 128.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holt Street (B7 4BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woodcock Street, where police recorded 99 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dartmouth Middleway (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Holt Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aston Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dartmouth Middleway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Woodcock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Staniforth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Staniforth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Staniforth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Staniforth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dartmouth Middleway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dartmouth Middleway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dartmouth Middleway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bagot Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bagot Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aston Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodcock Street Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodcock Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Woodcock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodcock Street Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Woodcock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dartmouth Middleway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Legge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dartmouth Middleway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Legge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Aston Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Legge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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