Total Crime Rate

108.0 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 108.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.6 9/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.5 1/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Cartland Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East , and the 1286th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cartland Road (B11 1EQ) in the last 12 months was 108.0 per 1,000 residents and was 29.8% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 75.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cartland Road (B11 1EQ), the main crime hotspot is near Gladstone Road. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Cartland Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Grace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Medlicott Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Abbotsford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Montgomery Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cartland 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 Palmerston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palmerston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hampson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hampson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hampson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palmerston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Dearman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson O'Keeffe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Dearman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Dearman Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hickman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hickman Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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