Total Crime Rate

143.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 143.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.3 5/10
  • Burglary 9.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.6 7/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Other theft 4.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.6 7/10
  • Robbery 4.6 6/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Grace 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.

Crime Over Time in Grace Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fallows Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Benton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park/Open Space Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park/Open Space Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Abbotsford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park/Open Space Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fallows Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Osborn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Medlicott Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anderton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anderton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Cartland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Grace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fallows Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Montgomery Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hickman Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hickman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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