Total Crime Rate
160.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
106.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Prince Albert Street area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Bordesley & Highgate , and the 712th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Prince Albert Street (B9 5AS) in the last 12 months was 160.3 per 1,000 residents and was 56.2% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 106.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prince Albert Street (B9 5AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Green Lane, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Palace Road (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palace Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Green Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Talfourd Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Muntz Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Muntz Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Muntz Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Green Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Green Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grove Cottage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Grove Cottage Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Grove Cottage Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Pikewater Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denbigh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Whitehall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Whitehall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bertram Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Storrs Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Palace Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palace Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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