Total Crime Rate
423.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
248.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Moseley Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 146 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 122nd 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 Moseley Road (B12 0EA) in the last 12 months was 423.6 per 1,000 residents and was 227.5% higher than the Balsall Heath West average (129.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 86 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 183.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 114 (≈ 248.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Moseley Road (B12 0EA), the main crime hotspot is near Canford Close. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Moseley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sherbourne Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salop Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Highgate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Highgate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Canford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Canford Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moseley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moseley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conrad Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Conrad Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salop Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Salop Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Salop Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ketley Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Darwin Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Darwin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Darwin Street | Local resolution |
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