Total Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grantham Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East , and the 1033rd highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Grantham Road (B11 1LU) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 44.9% higher than the Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East average (86.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 69.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grantham Road (B11 1LU), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 114 crimes here, including 64 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dearman Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kendal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Claremont Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Claremont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Claremont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dearman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Farm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kendal Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kendal Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kendal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kendal Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dolobran Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dearman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hampson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampson Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | O'Keeffe Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Farm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Palmerston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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