Total Crime Rate
590.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
286.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wharton Street Industrial Estate area has the highest crime rate of 15 local areas in Nechells , and the 65th 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 Wharton Street Industrial Estate (B7 5TR) in the last 12 months was 590.3 per 1,000 residents and was 409.4% higher than the Nechells average (115.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 126 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 22.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 160 (≈ 286.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wharton Street Industrial Estate (B7 5TR), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 113 crimes here, including 67 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Brockley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cuckoo Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eliot Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brockley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brockley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eliot Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eliot Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brockley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eliot Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eliot Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Argyle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cuckoo Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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