Total Crime Rate
2454.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025This area has the highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Bordesley & Highgate , and the 5th 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 This (B9 4RJ) in the last 12 months was 2454.9 per 1,000 residents and was 556.4% higher than the Bordesley & Highgate average (374.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 303 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 122.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 152 (≈ 623.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around postcode B9 4RJ, the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 349 crimes here, including 62 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 | Shoplifting | Greenway Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bowling Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Great Wood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Great Wood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Great Wood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | South Holme | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Great Wood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Storrs Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chapman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chapman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Chapman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Chapman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Chapman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wyndcliff Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Storrs Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bowling Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cattell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Herbert Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Herbert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Holmwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Herbert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Broseley Brook Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Broseley Brook Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Greenway Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Regent Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Regent Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bowling Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bowling Green Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bowling Green Road | Under investigation |
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