Total Crime Rate

40.2 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 40.2 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.7 7/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Third Avenue area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Bordesley & Highgate , and the 641st 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 Third Avenue (B9 5RL) in the last 12 months was 40.2 per 1,000 residents and was 89.3% lower than the Bordesley & Highgate average (374.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime 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 16 (≈ 35.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Third Avenue (B9 5RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 85 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newland Road (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Third Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Robbery Newland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Fourth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burlington Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Floyer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Floyer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Floyer Road
Sep 2025Robbery Blake Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bankes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bankes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bankes Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bankes Road
Sep 2025Other crime Third Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Third Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Azalea Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Azalea Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Azalea Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newland Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Newland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Newland Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Newland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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