Total Crime Rate
54.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grove Road area has the 45th lowest crime rate of 129 local areas in Billesley , and the 953rd 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 Grove Road (B11 4DB) in the last 12 months was 54.8 per 1,000 residents and was 43.2% lower than the Billesley average (96.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -5.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 38.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grove Road (B11 4DB), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 164 crimes here, including 85 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 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Solihull Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greswolde Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greswolde Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greswolde 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Thornhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Other crime | Solihull Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Solihull Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornhill Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| 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 | 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 | Drugs | Solihull Road | Under investigation |
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