Total Crime Rate
84.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bordesley Green area has the 44th lowest crime rate of 101 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 1493rd lowest 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 Bordesley Green (B9 5PG) in the last 12 months was 84.3 per 1,000 residents and was 9.2% lower than the Alum Rock average (92.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 61.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 39.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bordesley Green (B9 5PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bordesley Close, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Finnemore Road (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blakeland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Springbank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Daniels Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finnemore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finnemore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finnemore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finnemore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alum Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Springbank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbank Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marchmont Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bramble Dell | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramble Dell | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bordesley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bordesley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bordesley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bordesley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bordesley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alum Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Daniels Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alum Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marchmont Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blakeland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Marchmont Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Marchmont Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Marchmont Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Drummond Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drummond Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blakeland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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