Total Crime Rate

200.6 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 200.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 97.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.5 9/10
  • Drugs 13.9 9/10
  • Public order 13.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.9 9/10
  • Other theft 11.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.4 5/10
  • Burglary 8.4 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.6 8/10
  • Robbery 5.6 7/10
  • Theft from the person 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Chesterton Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East , and the 517th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chesterton Road (B12 8HL) in the last 12 months was 200.6 per 1,000 residents and was 140.9% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 122.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chesterton Road (B12 8HL), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 136 crimes here, including 66 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East

Crime Over Time in Chesterton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ernest Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Chesterton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Chesterton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Chesterton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Poplar Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birchwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Birchwood Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Poplar Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Poplar Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leamington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area 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 Swallow Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stoney Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order White Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alder Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alder Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Poplar Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trenville Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trenville Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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