Total Crime Rate

248.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 248.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 109.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.2 7/10
  • Drugs 18.2 10/10
  • Other theft 15.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 15.2 10/10
  • Burglary 9.1 8/10
  • Other crime 6.1 7/10
  • Robbery 6.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Colville Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East , and the 351st highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Colville Road (B12 8EH) in the last 12 months was 248.5 per 1,000 residents and was 198.4% higher than the Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East average (83.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 133.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Colville Road (B12 8EH), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 239 crimes here, including 125 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Colville Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leamington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taunton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Chesterton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Chesterton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Chesterton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beach Brook Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Leamington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Taunton Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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