Total Crime Rate

43.6 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

24.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 43.6 4/10
  • Violent crimes 24.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.6 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.5 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.5 8/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Clarence Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Small Heath , and the 710th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Clarence Road (B11 3LE) in the last 12 months was 43.6 per 1,000 residents and was 34.1% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 24.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 108.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clarence Road (B11 3LE), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 189 crimes here, including 97 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Sparkhill

Crime Over Time in Clarence Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hillfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Castleford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Castleford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Percy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Percy Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Thornhill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thornhill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thornhill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nansen Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nansen Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hillfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avondale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avondale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avondale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hillfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avondale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fernley Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.