Total Crime Rate

108.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 108.8 8/10
  • Shoplifting 35.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.5 5/10
  • Public order 9.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.7 4/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Imperial 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.

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Crime Over Time in Imperial Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bordesley Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palace Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlborough Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Third Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Third Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Norwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Imperial Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bordesley Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bordesley Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bordesley Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Bordesley Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charles Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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