Total Crime Rate
88.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Holder Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East , and the 1506th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Holder Road (B11 1PU) in the last 12 months was 88.7 per 1,000 residents and was 2.8% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 44.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holder Road (B11 1PU), the main crime hotspot is near Ansell Road. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 38 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 | Vehicle crime | Poplar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roderick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Holder Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montgomery Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbotsford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Barrows Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Poplar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Montgomery Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Theft from the person | Roderick Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Avon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Melrose Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Avon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Roderick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holder Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Montgomery Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medlicott Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medlicott Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anderton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anderton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Poplar Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Poplar Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Anderton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conway Road | Under investigation |
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