Total Crime Rate
108.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Imperial Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Bordesley & Highgate , and the 1268th 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 Imperial Road (B9 5HB) in the last 12 months was 108.8 per 1,000 residents and was 70.9% lower 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 40.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -57.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 92.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Imperial Road (B9 5HB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 34 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Bordesley Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palace Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palace Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palace Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Third Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Third Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Norwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Imperial Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bordesley Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bordesley Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bordesley Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bordesley Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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