Total Crime Rate
359.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Beechfield 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.
View Crime In Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trenville Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | O'Keeffe Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hampson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Trenville Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hampson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Spark Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spark Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spark Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trenville Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Spark Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Highgate Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hampson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Braithwaite Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | South Range | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Claremont Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Braithwaite Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Braithwaite Road | Under investigation |
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