Total Crime Rate
330.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
95.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Turner Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 146 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 192nd 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 Turner Street (B11 1XQ) in the last 12 months was 330.8 per 1,000 residents and was 155.8% higher than the Balsall Heath West average (129.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 95.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Turner Street (B11 1XQ), the main crime hotspot is near Larches Street. Police recorded 126 crimes here, including 69 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 | Public order | Priestley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Braithwaite Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Arundel Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Main Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Timbers Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Braithwaite Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Braithwaite Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Farm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alfred Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Farm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turnpike Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Braithwaite Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Braithwaite Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Spark Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Claremont Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Claremont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Claremont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Braithwaite Road | — |
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