Total Crime Rate
281.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
147.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thornhill Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Hall Green North , and the 255th highest 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 Thornhill Road (B11 3LL) in the last 12 months was 281.3 per 1,000 residents and was 273.7% 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 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 147.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thornhill Road (B11 3LL), 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 | Drugs | Percy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentos Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nansen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nansen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evelyn Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knowle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Knowle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Possession of weapons | Solihull Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pentos Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Solihull Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Thornhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillfield Road | Under investigation |
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