Total Crime Rate
181.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
132.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Starbank Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Bordesley Green , and the 590th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Starbank Road (B10 9LE) in the last 12 months was 181.4 per 1,000 residents and was 22.5% higher than the Bordesley Green average (148.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 132.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Starbank Road (B10 9LE), the main crime hotspot is near Starbank Road. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Small Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingscliff Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Starbank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnesville Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Starbank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Starbank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmer Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Farmer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Starbank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Starbank Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingscliff Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingscliff Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingscliff Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fosbrooke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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