Crime Rates at Third Avenue, Bordesley Green, Birmingham, B9 5RN

Third Avenue area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Bordesley & Highgate , and the 1481st lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Third Avenue (B9 5RN) in the last 12 months was 83.7 per 1,000 residents and was 77.1% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 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 (≈ 60.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 52.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Third Avenue (B9 5RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 92 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newland Road (48 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.