Total Crime Rate
359.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ladypool 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 Ladypool Avenue (B11 1XF) 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 Ladypool Avenue (B11 1XF), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Farm Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitbourne Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitbourne Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitbourne Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oldfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Swallow Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Highgate Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highgate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trenville Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trenville Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Trenville Avenue | 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 | Other crime | Spark Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oldfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spark Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Larches Street | 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 | Vehicle crime | Turner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Local resolution |
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