Total Crime Rate

412.0 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 412.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 198.5 10/10
  • Drugs 30.0 10/10
  • Other theft 30.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.5 8/10
  • Burglary 22.5 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 18.7 10/10
  • Public order 15.0 9/10
  • Robbery 15.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • 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

Brunswick 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.

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Crime Over Time in Brunswick Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order White Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oldfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oldfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakfield Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Robbery Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Paul'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malvern Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Malvern Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Clifton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Malvern Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Ombersley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunny Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clifton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sunny Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kingsley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Copperbeech Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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