Total Crime Rate
111.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hawthorn Close area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Bordesley & Highgate , and the 1222nd highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hawthorn Close (B9 4JF) in the last 12 months was 111.5 per 1,000 residents and was 70.2% lower than the Bordesley & Highgate average (374.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 54.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawthorn Close (B9 4JF), the main crime hotspot is near Mount Pleasant. Police recorded 71 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bordesley & Highgate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sarah Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmacre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bolton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bowyer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Glover Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Glover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmacre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Quigley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sarah Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sarah Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gray Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Emmeline Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bordesley Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bordesley Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Little Barr Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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