Total Crime Rate

201.4 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 201.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 99.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.6 7/10
  • Drugs 14.2 9/10
  • Other crime 9.5 9/10
  • Burglary 7.1 7/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.1 9/10
  • Robbery 7.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Public order 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Webster Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East , and the 511th 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 Webster Close (B11 1LJ) in the last 12 months was 201.4 per 1,000 residents and was 141.9% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 116.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Webster Close (B11 1LJ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 103 crimes here, including 59 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Webster Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beach Brook Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hickman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Beach Brook Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hickman Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Poplar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Cartland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Abbotsford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Medlicott Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Dearman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitbourne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palmerston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Farm Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farm Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palmerston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Dearman Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palmerston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hampson Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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