Total Crime Rate
40.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bordesley Green 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 Bordesley Green (B9 5RP) 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 Bordesley Green (B9 5RP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 85 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B4128 (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bordesley & Highgate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Botha Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B4128 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | B4128 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | B4128 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | B4128 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Third Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Third Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Botha Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bordesley Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Botha Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B4128 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fourth Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fourth Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fourth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fourth Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fourth Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fourth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fourth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colonial Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pretoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bordesley Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bordesley Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burlington Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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