Total Crime Rate
34.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grove Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 55 local areas in Hall Green North , and the 506th 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 4DE) in the last 12 months was 34.2 per 1,000 residents and was 54.5% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 24.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grove Road (B11 4DE), 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 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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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