Total Crime Rate
107.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Johns Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East , and the 1228th 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 St Johns Road (B11 3SQ) in the last 12 months was 107.6 per 1,000 residents and was 24.7% higher than the Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East average (86.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 81.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Johns Road (B11 3SQ), the main crime hotspot is near Ansell Road. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 38 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Castleford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inglewood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fraser Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fraser Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Castleford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lime Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Lime Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lime Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Inglewood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fernley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Avon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Avon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stratford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evelyn Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Madeley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Madeley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Madeley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Johns Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inglewood Road | Under investigation |
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