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Location profile

Birmingham

Recorded-crime evidence, signal environment, and briefing context for Birmingham.

Location profileValidated 12-month data

Police.uk · 2025-07 to 2026-06 · 12 audited months

145,788

Recorded incidents · 12 months

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Signals

12-month incidents

145,788

2025-07 to 2026-06 · Police.uk

Latest month

13,323

2026-06

Audited coverage

12 months

ONS boundary-filtered and reconciled

Leading category

62,075

violent crime

Insights

Insight 1

145,788 Police.uk records passed all 12 monthly boundary, identity and reconciliation checks.

Insight 2

violent crime was the largest recorded category at 42.6% of the audited total.

Insight 3

2026-06 recorded 1.2% more incidents than the previous month.

Insight 4

These are absolute recorded-incident counts, not a risk score or an address-level prediction.

Data & methodology

These public figures are absolute Police.uk incident counts. Every month passed the approved ONS boundary, source-provenance, identity-deduplication and audit-reconciliation gate. Population-normalised rates and composite scores remain withheld.

Disclaimer: historical data does not guarantee future outcomes. Always follow local authority guidance.

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Validated public data

Recorded crime in Birmingham

Absolute Police.uk records assigned to the current Birmingham local-authority boundary after deduplication, boundary filtering and monthly audit reconciliation.

12 audited months

12-month total

145,788

Jul 2025–Jun 2026

Jun 2026

13,323

Latest audited month

Monthly change

+1.2%

Versus May 2026

Leading category

Violent Crime

62,075 records · 42.6%

Monthly totals

Jul 202513,546
Aug 202512,850

Open-source intelligence

Signal environment

Open-source communications context for Birmingham. Area-IQ publishes a layer only after its source, geographic coverage, freshness and reuse terms pass validation.

1 layer available

Mobile coverage

Source integration pending

Operator and technology coverage, subject to source and licence validation.

Licensed radio environment

Available

Ofcom records 459 distinct licensed locations and 2,328 assignments within 10 km of the city centre.

Locations
459
Assignments
2,328
Transmit
1,164

Latest briefs for Birmingham

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Sept 202511,797
Oct 202512,110
Nov 202511,604
Dec 202511,321
Jan 202611,158
Feb 202610,660
Mar 202612,169
Apr 202612,087
May 202613,163
Jun 202613,323

Category totals

Violent Crime62,075

42.6% of the audited 12-month total

Shoplifting12,631

8.7% of the audited 12-month total

Vehicle Crime12,268

8.4% of the audited 12-month total

Criminal Damage Arson11,148

7.6% of the audited 12-month total

Other Theft8,860

6.1% of the audited 12-month total

Public Order8,747

6.0% of the audited 12-month total

Source: Police.uk street-level crime API. Geography: ONS May 2025 LAD boundary. Counts represent recorded incidents with approximate published locations, not a risk score or proof of offences at an exact address. Last extraction audit: 30 Aug 2026.

Nearest
<0.1 km
  • Leading bands: UHF (300 MHz–1 GHz) (1,836), Above 30 GHz (222), VHF (30–300 MHz) (156).
  • WTR shows licensed rights of use, not confirmed live transmissions.
  • Individual mobile sites are generally absent because operators hold block spectrum assignments.
  • Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: Ofcom Wireless Telegraphy Register · Source updated 17 Jul 2026

Spectrum & licences

Source integration pending

Relevant UK spectrum allocations and publicly available licence records.

GNSS resilience

Source integration pending

Public disruption reports and known limitations, without live device tracking.

Satellite visibility

Source integration pending

Public orbital and coverage context for the selected area and time window.

Terrain & line-of-sight

Source integration pending

Terrain-aware visibility and communications-path context between selected points.

Internet infrastructure

Source integration pending

Public exchanges, data centres and major network-route context.

Public records describe licensed rights of use and predicted coverage—not confirmed real-time activity. This layer does not identify individual devices or provide live tracking.