Total Crime Rate
43.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clarence 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| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Castleford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Castleford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Percy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Thornhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nansen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nansen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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