Total Crime Rate
143.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Grace Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East , and the 882nd highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Grace Road (B11 1ED) in the last 12 months was 143.5 per 1,000 residents and was 72.4% higher than the Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East average (83.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 83.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grace Road (B11 1ED), the main crime hotspot is near Benton Avenue. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fallows Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Benton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Abbotsford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fallows Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Osborn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Medlicott Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anderton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anderton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Benton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cartland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fallows Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Benton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Montgomery Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hickman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hickman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Benton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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