Crime Rates at Sandfields Avenue, Birmingham, B10 0BN

Sandfields Avenue area has the 15th highest crime rate of 148 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 183rd 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 Sandfields Avenue (B10 0BN) in the last 12 months was 338.4 per 1,000 residents and was 148.5% higher 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 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 76 (≈ 145.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandfields Avenue (B10 0BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mount Pleasant, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barnford Close (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.