Total Crime Rate
58.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bordesley Green area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 104 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 1022nd lowest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bordesley Green (B9 5NS) in the last 12 months was 58.3 per 1,000 residents and was 38.0% lower than the Alum Rock average (94.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 35.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).
In the area around Bordesley Green (B9 5NS), the main crime hotspot is near Newland Road. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Alum Rock| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Azalea Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B4128 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Blakeland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Azalea Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Blakeland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Blake Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burlington Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Botha Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Botha Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Botha Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Blake Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bordesley Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bordesley Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B4128 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Blakeland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fourth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fourth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fourth Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fourth Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fourth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fourth Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fourth Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Botha Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B4128 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | B4128 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | B4128 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | B4128 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Azalea Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Blakeland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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