Total Crime Rate
266.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
150.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stratford Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Hall Green North , and the 281st 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 Stratford Road (B11 4BS) in the last 12 months was 266.0 per 1,000 residents and was 253.4% 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 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 75 (≈ 150.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 29.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stratford Road (B11 4BS), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 177 crimes here, including 89 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Knowle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stratford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Knowle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stratford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Solihull Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Passey Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Passey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Passey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Passey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Passey Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Solihull Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Stratford 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 |
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