Published crime rates, Birmingham (West Midlands Police area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published street-crime records per 1,000 Census 2021 residents, September 2025 to August 2026. Counts sit beside every rate.

These are published crime rates, not safety ratings. Expect city centres, stations and big shopping areas near the top: many people visit, few live there, and a residents-only rate counts the visitors' records against the residents alone. Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to its nearest postcode, so records near a boundary can fall in the next area. Areas with fewer than 5,000 residents, and areas inside a force publication gap, are not ranked. Rates cover England and Wales only. How rankings are built.

Highest published rates

Rank of 91	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	B4 6,976 residents	491.8	3,431
2	B5 13,112 residents	364.7	4,782
3	B1 10,025 residents	291.9	2,926
4	WV1 16,449 residents	272.8	4,487
5	CV1 35,964 residents	258.0	9,279
6	B18 17,571 residents	215.2	3,781
7	WS1 28,433 residents	186.0	5,289
8	B15 20,579 residents	183.2	3,770
9	B6 20,819 residents	178.3	3,711
10	B70 34,023 residents	171.5	5,836
11	B12 21,816 residents	170.2	3,713
12	B72 9,797 residents	167.0	1,636
13	B21 30,482 residents	163.2	4,976
14	B66 26,597 residents	161.6	4,298
15	B9 27,311 residents	150.0	4,096
16	B35 9,892 residents	148.3	1,467
17	WS2 42,146 residents	147.0	6,194
18	WV13 22,381 residents	146.5	3,279
19	B33 37,616 residents	146.1	5,496
20	B23 48,319 residents	145.9	7,050

Lowest published rates

Rank of 91	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
91	B74 32,471 residents	35.6	1,155
90	B93 20,080 residents	37.2	746
89	DY6 28,832 residents	48.0	1,383
88	CV5 47,069 residents	50.9	2,398
87	WS5 22,227 residents	53.3	1,184
86	B62 25,557 residents	53.3	1,362
85	WV9 6,843 residents	54.9	376
84	DY8 50,912 residents	59.9	3,049
83	WV4 34,842 residents	60.0	2,089
82	B92 37,079 residents	61.1	2,267
81	B43 30,225 residents	62.2	1,879
80	B63 37,190 residents	64.9	2,413
79	B76 21,341 residents	65.5	1,397
78	WV12 25,576 residents	67.3	1,722
77	DY9 31,657 residents	67.9	2,149
76	B75 27,574 residents	68.2	1,880
75	WV6 45,363 residents	68.8	3,123
74	B67 32,601 residents	70.3	2,293
73	B28 32,623 residents	71.4	2,330
72	DY3 34,897 residents	71.6	2,499

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 256	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	B4 7 5,389 residents	430.7	2,321
2	WV14 0 7,049 residents	236.6	1,668
3	B70 8 5,385 residents	233.8	1,259
4	DY5 1 6,590 residents	228.4	1,505
5	B23 6 11,860 residents	224.8	2,666
6	B26 3 11,186 residents	223.0	2,494
7	B14 7 7,900 residents	214.4	1,694
8	CV1 2 8,007 residents	213.1	1,706
9	WV13 2 7,044 residents	200.0	1,409
10	B21 9 10,710 residents	197.5	2,115
11	CV1 5 12,528 residents	196.4	2,460
12	B18 4 6,597 residents	193.4	1,276
13	WS2 8 10,989 residents	187.5	2,060
14	B37 5 10,333 residents	185.9	1,921
15	B21 0 10,162 residents	185.1	1,881
16	B18 5 5,473 residents	179.2	981
17	B65 0 6,215 residents	173.0	1,075
18	B91 3 10,640 residents	170.7	1,816
19	B72 1 9,797 residents	167.0	1,636
20	WS10 7 7,629 residents	166.7	1,272

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 256	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
256	B93 9 8,043 residents	20.9	168
255	B74 3 10,976 residents	24.3	267
254	B63 1 5,853 residents	27.3	160
253	CV5 7 12,036 residents	29.4	354
252	WV3 8 6,897 residents	31.5	217
251	B76 2 6,750 residents	34.2	231
250	WS5 3 9,789 residents	34.5	338
249	DY3 3 10,380 residents	36.7	381
248	B75 6 8,609 residents	37.2	320
247	B91 1 11,506 residents	37.6	433
246	B76 1 11,201 residents	37.9	425
245	B93 8 8,098 residents	39.8	322
244	B74 4 11,879 residents	39.8	473
243	CV5 9 10,388 residents	41.6	432
242	DY8 3 12,202 residents	41.6	508
241	DY6 9 8,643 residents	41.8	361
240	B20 1 8,634 residents	42.4	366
239	B74 2 9,616 residents	43.2	415
238	CV4 7 9,491 residents	43.7	415
237	B75 5 8,690 residents	45.3	394

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