Total Crime Rate

359.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 359.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 157.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 29.1 10/10
  • Drugs 26.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.3 8/10
  • Public order 24.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.4 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 19.4 10/10
  • Burglary 14.6 9/10
  • Other crime 14.6 10/10
  • Robbery 14.6 10/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.4 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Beechfield Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East , and the 160th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Beechfield Avenue (B11 1XB) in the last 12 months was 359.2 per 1,000 residents and was 331.4% 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 65 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 89 (≈ 216.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beechfield Avenue (B11 1XB), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 193 crimes here, including 100 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Beechfield Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trenville Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson O'Keeffe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Hampson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claremont Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Trenville Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hampson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Spark Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spark Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spark Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trenville Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Spark Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Highgate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hampson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Braithwaite Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Range
Sep 2025Drugs Claremont Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Braithwaite Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Braithwaite Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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