Total Crime Rate

119.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 119.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.9 10/10
  • Burglary 11.9 9/10
  • Other theft 11.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.6 5/10
  • Public order 4.8 4/10
  • Robbery 4.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bolton Road area has the 68th highest crime rate of 148 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 1128th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bolton Road (B10 0BB) in the last 12 months was 119.3 per 1,000 residents and was 12.4% lower than the Balsall Heath West average (136.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 59.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 108.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bolton Road (B10 0BB), the main crime hotspot is near Barnford Close. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bolton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Herbert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime South Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jenkins Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vann Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Darnel Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Darnel Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Darnel Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vann Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bassett Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bassett Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandfields Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bassett Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Regent Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Regent Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dearman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Dearman Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Arthur Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Dearman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Dixon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Barnford Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Darnel Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandfields Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Jenkins Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Herbert Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Camelot Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herbert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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