Total Crime Rate
412.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brunswick Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 148 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 130th 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 Brunswick Road (B12 8NT) in the last 12 months was 412.0 per 1,000 residents and was 202.6% higher 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 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 66 (≈ 247.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 53.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brunswick Road (B12 8NT), the main crime hotspot is near Lime Grove. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Balsall Heath West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | White Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oldfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oldfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakfield Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Paul'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Malvern Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Clifton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Malvern Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Ombersley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodfield Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunny Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clifton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sunny Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kingsley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Copperbeech Drive | Under investigation |
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