One in nine people experience crime here in the city, according to new stats from the Reach data unit
Most dangerous places revealed in new map
Birmingham has been ranked as one of the most dangerous areas to live in the UK, according to a new crime map.
Towns and cities in England and Wales have been rated based on crime rates, revealing the parts of the Midlands where you are statistically most likely to become a victim.
Areas were listed according to their crime rates – the number of offences that happen per 100,000 residents living there.
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Here in Birmingham, a city ranked 25th on the national list, one in nine people experience crime, the new Reach data unit stats show.
It has a crime rate of 117.3 per 100,000 people for the year ending March 2025, though the rate was down three per cent on the previous year.
Solihull came 135th in the rankings, with one in every 13 people suffering from crime. The crime rate here is also down by four per cent. See where your area ranks in the new interactive map below:
In the wider Midlands, Leicester has a higher offending rate and is placed 24th on the list, while Stoke-on-Trent is not far behind in 31st.
Wolverhampton is lower down the list in 50th place (104.4 per 100,000 people), while Sandwell and Walsall have identical crime rates (98), putting them in 73rd place nationally.
Avon and Somerset, and Devon and Cornwall Police saw the biggest drop in non-fraud crime, by 12 per cent in both police force areas.
Gloucestershire Constabulary saw the biggest increase in non-fraud crime, by 12 per cent, with around 6,500 more offences.
Of community safety partnership areas, which are broadly similar to council areas, Derbyshire Dales saw the biggest increase in crime, by 20 per cent.
Middlesbrough remains the most dangerous place to live in England and Wales. Last year there were more than 23,000 crimes in the North East city.
While that was a 5 per cent fall from the previous year, it still added up to a crime rate of 158 offences for every 1,000 people.