Total Crime Rate

279.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

152.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

Nov 2024 - Oct 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 279.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 152.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.5 10/10
  • Public order 38.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.1 8/10
  • Other theft 24.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 22.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.1 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 14.1 10/10
  • Robbery 10.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.0 8/10
  • Theft from the person 6.0 7/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 2.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Stratford Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East , and the 268th highest crime rate of 3,079 local areas in Birmingham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Stratford Road (B11 4AA) in the last 12 months was 279.7 per 1,000 residents and was 240.9% higher than the Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East average (82.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 76 (≈ 152.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stratford Road (B11 4AA), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 101 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Stratford Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Medlicott Road Under investigation
Oct 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Grantham Road Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Webster Close Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Palmerston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Possession of weapons Palmerston Road Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Vehicle crime Trenville Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Other theft Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Oct 2025Other theft Gladstone Road Under investigation
Oct 2025Public order Whitbourne Close Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Grantham Road Under investigation
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson Swallow Close Under investigation
Oct 2025Burglary Whitbourne Close Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Beach Brook Close Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Melrose Avenue Under investigation
Oct 2025Vehicle crime Conway Road Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplar Road Under investigation
Oct 2025Vehicle crime Poplar Road Under investigation
Oct 2025Other theft Poplar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Burglary Poplar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Beach Brook Close Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Beach Brook Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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