Total Crime Rate

330.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

95.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 330.8 10/10
  • Other theft 121.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 95.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.2 9/10
  • Drugs 45.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.4 6/10
  • Burglary 11.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.4 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.4 10/10
  • Public order 11.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 11.4 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Turner 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.

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Crime Over Time in Turner Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Priestley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beechfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Braithwaite Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Arundel Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Main Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Timbers Way Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Braithwaite Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Braithwaite Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Farm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Alfred Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Farm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Turnpike Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Braithwaite Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farm Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Braithwaite Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Other crime Spark Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Drugs Claremont Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Claremont Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Claremont Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Claremont Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Braithwaite Road

Data Sources

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