Total Crime Rate
410.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
242.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oakwood Road area has the highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Small Heath , and the 130th 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 Oakwood Road (B11 4HA) in the last 12 months was 410.3 per 1,000 residents and was 520.2% higher than the Small Heath average (66.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 81 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 104 (≈ 242.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oakwood Road (B11 4HA), 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 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Court Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Court Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Court Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Court Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Court Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geoffrey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geoffrey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geoffrey 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 | Court Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nansen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nansen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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