Total Crime Rate

107.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 107.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.0 10/10
  • Drugs 11.5 9/10
  • Public order 9.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.7 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 4/10
  • Shoplifting 5.8 4/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Other theft 1.9 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Ladypool Road area has the 67th lowest crime rate of 148 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 1298th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ladypool Road (B12 8LH) in the last 12 months was 107.3 per 1,000 residents and was 21.2% lower than the Balsall Heath West average (136.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 46.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 48.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ladypool Road (B12 8LH), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Ladypool Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Ombersley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Larches Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitbourne Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitbourne Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitbourne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Chesterton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Chesterton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Chesterton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Larches Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leamington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Highgate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Larches Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Robbery Leamington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trenville Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trenville Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leamington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunny Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sunny Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Clifton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area

Data Sources

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