Total Crime Rate
77.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fourth Avenue area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Bordesley & Highgate , and the 1370th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fourth Avenue (B9 5RG) in the last 12 months was 77.1 per 1,000 residents and was 78.9% lower than the Bordesley & Highgate average (366.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 56.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fourth Avenue (B9 5RG), 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 | Robbery | Rostrevor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Second Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fourth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fifth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Newland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blake Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blake Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blake Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rostrevor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rostrevor Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rostrevor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Second Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rostrevor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Second Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blakeland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4128 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Churchill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4128 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Churchill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Azalea Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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