Total Crime Rate
65.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Barrows Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East , and the 1142nd lowest crime rate of 3,083 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 Barrows Road (B11 1PN) in the last 12 months was 65.1 per 1,000 residents and was 21.9% lower 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 48.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barrows Road (B11 1PN), the main crime hotspot is near Ansell Road. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 42 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Benton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ansell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Medlicott Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Roderick Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sydenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Madeley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ansell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ansell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ansell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ansell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fallows Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Madeley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Madeley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Madeley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Madeley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Abbotsford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Osborn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anderton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anderton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roderick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Montgomery Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roderick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fallows Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrows Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrows Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrows Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fallows Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
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