Total Crime Rate
156.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
87.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grantham Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East , and the 741st highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Grantham Road (B11 1LY) in the last 12 months was 156.4 per 1,000 residents and was 81.2% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons 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 Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 87.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grantham Road (B11 1LY), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 124 crimes here, including 67 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 | Burglary | Montgomery Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montgomery Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Poplar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Poplar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Melrose Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Montgomery Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Montgomery Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitbourne Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dolobran Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Alfred Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beach Brook Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Beach Brook Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beach Brook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Beach Brook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beach Brook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Beach Brook Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| 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 | — |
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