Total Crime Rate
1321.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
956.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bordesley Green East area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Heartlands , and the 17th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bordesley Green East (B9 5SS) in the last 12 months was 1321.2 per 1,000 residents and was 1216.2% higher than the Heartlands average (100.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 285 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -30.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 393 (≈ 956.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bordesley Green East (B9 5SS), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 475 crimes here, including 357 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Alston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Yardley Green Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Alston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nesbit Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nesbit Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nesbit Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nesbit Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Repton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Yardley Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alston Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Alston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yardley Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alston Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alston Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alston Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alston Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alston Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yardley Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Alston Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alston Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Alston Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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