Total Crime Rate
175.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fifth Avenue area has the 9th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Bordesley Green , and the 626th 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 Fifth Avenue (B9 5RB) in the last 12 months was 175.5 per 1,000 residents and was 18.5% higher than the Bordesley Green average (148.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 101.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 79.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fifth Avenue (B9 5RB), the main crime hotspot is near Newland Road. Police recorded 84 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bordesley Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bordesley Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Drummond Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Azalea Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Azalea Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blakeland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blakeland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rostrevor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rostrevor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blake Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blake Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blake Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blakeland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Newland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drummond Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rostrevor Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bankes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bankes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burlington Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Second Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Second Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fifth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Second Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Rostrevor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rostrevor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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