United Streets of Birmingham

Welcome to the United Streets of Birmingham website.
This website has been been created to created to encourage those who live and work in Birmingham to 'unite' with the police and other agencies, in order to reduce crime and make Birmingham even safer.

The campaign focuses on specific crimes such as robbery, burglary and vehicle crime and aims to give residents advice on how to keep themselves and their belongings safe.

Crime statistics for the city show great progress in a number of areas. Although crime has fallen, we recognise the importance of reducing fear of crime, of public reassurance and of public confidence in all local agencies.

We want to work together to make sure that Birmingham remains one of the safest places in the country to live. This campaign is about the community working with partners and each other to ensure that we can continue to be proud of where we live and our track record in terms of crime.

36,000 Fewer Crimes in Birmingham.

Thank you for making the difference.

BIRMINGHAM Community Safety Partnership and West Midlands Police are pleased to announce 36,000 fewer crimes in Birmingham over the last three years.

Birmingham Community Safety Partnership is made up of a number of agencies including West Midlands Police and Birmingham City Council. The partnership primarily focussed on reducing specific crimes such as robbery, burglary and vehicle crime across Birmingham and providing residents with advice on how to keep themselves and their belongings safe.

Over the last three years personal robbery has reduced by 37% from 5,691 to 3,581, burglary is down by over 36% from 12,170 to 7,703 and theft from a motor vehicle is down by over 28% from 13,949 to 9,966.

Last year, the partnership launched a successful marketing campaign, ‘United Streets of Birmingham’, to encourage people who live and work in Birmingham to ‘unite’ with each other, the police and other agencies to help make Birmingham even safer.

Malcolm Coall, chair of the partnership, said: "Even though crime is falling, we should still always consider the security of our properties and own safety. Some of our crime reduction successes are due to us all being more cautious by reducing the opportunities for crime to occur. We are still keen to continue encouraging everyone to take crime prevention seriously."

To celebrate the enormous reduction in crime figures the partnership have launched a high profile poster campaign across the city to thank the public for their contribution towards making Birmingham a safer place to live and work in.

Birmingham Community Safety Partnership will continue working together with local communities to continue to reduce crime and raise peoples feeling of safety, whilst communicating key crime prevention messages to Birmingham’s residents.