Total Crime Rate
118.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
86.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gray Street area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Bordesley & Highgate , and the 1093rd highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Gray Street (B9 4LS) in the last 12 months was 118.8 per 1,000 residents and was 67.5% lower than the Bordesley & Highgate average (366.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 86.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gray Street (B9 4LS), the main crime hotspot is near West Holme. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 37 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 | Hawthorn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gray Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Holme | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Holme | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hawthorn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quigley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Holme | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | West Holme | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hoff Beck Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North Holme | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gray Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Keeley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | West Holme | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sarah Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sarah Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cherry Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Witton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Witton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Holme | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quigley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmacre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmacre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maxstoke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maxstoke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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