Total Crime Rate
81.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Knowle Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Hall Green North , and the 1449th lowest 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 Knowle Road (B11 3AN) in the last 12 months was 81.1 per 1,000 residents and was 7.7% higher than the Hall Green North average (75.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 59.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Knowle Road (B11 3AN), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 97 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sparkhill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Passey Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colgreave Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Towyn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Towyn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Formans Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Formans Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Formans Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Passey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Passey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knowle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Passey Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Solihull Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Solihull Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Solihull Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Solihull Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Solihull Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Knowle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Formans Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Solihull Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentos Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pentos Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Pentos Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Pentos Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentos Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentos Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bankside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Formans Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stratford Road | Under investigation |
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