Total Crime Rate
108.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hickman 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 Hickman Road (B11 1NF) 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 Hickman Road (B11 1NF), the main crime hotspot is near Farm Road. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dearman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Farm Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hickman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Montgomery Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dearman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dearman Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hickman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Abbotsford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cartland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | O'Keeffe Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hampson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hampson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hampson Close | Under investigation |
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