Published violence and sexual offences rates, Birmingham (West Midlands Police area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published violence and sexual offences 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	B5 13,112 residents	137.5	1,803
2	B4 6,976 residents	133.3	930
3	B1 10,025 residents	131.5	1,318
4	WV1 16,449 residents	117.2	1,928
5	CV1 35,964 residents	101.0	3,632
6	B18 17,571 residents	87.3	1,534
7	B6 20,819 residents	82.0	1,707
8	B15 20,579 residents	79.3	1,631
9	B12 21,816 residents	73.9	1,613
10	B21 30,482 residents	73.2	2,231
11	B66 26,597 residents	71.9	1,913
12	B70 34,023 residents	71.8	2,444
13	B9 27,311 residents	70.8	1,934
14	B23 48,319 residents	68.5	3,310
15	B33 37,616 residents	66.5	2,501
16	WS1 28,433 residents	66.1	1,880
17	B19 24,796 residents	65.9	1,633
18	B27 26,618 residents	65.3	1,737
19	B25 18,034 residents	62.8	1,132
20	B35 9,892 residents	62.2	615

Lowest published rates

Rank of 91	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
91	B74 32,471 residents	13.6	443
90	B93 20,080 residents	14.0	282
89	DY6 28,832 residents	19.0	547
88	WV9 6,843 residents	20.6	141
87	CV5 47,069 residents	21.5	1,013
86	B62 25,557 residents	23.1	591
85	B90 49,615 residents	23.3	1,155
84	B76 21,341 residents	23.4	500
83	B73 23,350 residents	23.7	554
82	B92 37,079 residents	24.2	896
81	B43 30,225 residents	24.4	736
80	DY8 50,912 residents	26.1	1,327
79	DY9 31,657 residents	26.2	829
78	WS5 22,227 residents	26.6	591
77	WS9 26,484 residents	27.0	715
76	B63 37,190 residents	27.6	1,026
75	B91 33,860 residents	27.6	936
74	B75 27,574 residents	28.4	784
73	WV4 34,842 residents	28.6	998
72	DY3 34,897 residents	31.1	1,086

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 256	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	B70 8 5,385 residents	102.9	554
2	B23 6 11,860 residents	97.9	1,161
3	B4 7 5,389 residents	95.8	516
4	CV1 2 8,007 residents	93.9	752
5	B18 4 6,597 residents	93.7	618
6	B21 9 10,710 residents	87.3	935
7	B18 5 5,473 residents	84.4	462
8	WV14 0 7,049 residents	82.0	578
9	B21 0 10,162 residents	81.5	828
10	CV1 5 12,528 residents	80.3	1,006
11	CV2 2 13,198 residents	75.0	990
12	B19 1 10,189 residents	74.5	759
13	WS2 9 12,829 residents	73.4	942
14	DY5 1 6,590 residents	72.2	476
15	WS2 8 10,989 residents	70.7	777
16	B14 7 7,900 residents	70.4	556
17	B15 2 11,385 residents	69.3	789
18	CV3 3 8,827 residents	68.9	608
19	B33 9 12,822 residents	68.7	881
20	B20 3 16,287 residents	68.5	1,116

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 256	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
256	B93 9 8,043 residents	6.7	54
255	B74 3 10,976 residents	8.4	92
254	CV4 7 9,491 residents	9.9	94
253	B75 6 8,609 residents	11.7	101
252	B63 1 5,853 residents	12.5	73
251	B91 1 11,506 residents	12.6	145
250	B74 4 11,879 residents	13.7	163
249	DY3 3 10,380 residents	14.2	147
248	WS5 3 9,789 residents	14.3	140
247	DY8 2 5,816 residents	14.4	84
246	B76 1 11,201 residents	14.6	163
245	DY6 9 8,643 residents	14.6	126
244	WV3 8 6,897 residents	15.4	106
243	CV5 7 12,036 residents	15.6	188
242	B93 8 8,098 residents	15.8	128
241	B76 2 6,750 residents	16.0	108
240	B90 2 12,642 residents	16.4	207
239	CV7 7 11,360 residents	17.1	194
238	DY8 3 12,202 residents	17.4	212
237	CV5 9 10,388 residents	18.2	189

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