Total Crime Rate
84.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Avondale Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Small Heath , and the 1494th lowest crime rate of 3,059 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 Avondale Road (B11 3JY) in the last 12 months was 84.4 per 1,000 residents and was 27.6% higher than the Small Heath average (66.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 56.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Avondale Road (B11 3JY), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 105 crimes here, including 53 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evelyn Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Blundell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fernley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Pentos Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pentos Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Percy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Castleford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blundell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentos Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentos Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentos Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blundell Road | Under investigation |
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