Total Crime Rate
211.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Trafalgar Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 148 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 469th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Trafalgar Road (B13 8BH) in the last 12 months was 211.5 per 1,000 residents and was 55.3% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 132.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Trafalgar Road (B13 8BH), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 122 crimes here, including 50 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutherland Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chestnut Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Malvern Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Malvern Street | 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 | Burglary | Mount Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Horatio Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgbaston Road East | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgbaston Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Edgbaston Road East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Edgbaston Road East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Admiral Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingswood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sutherland Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sutherland Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sutherland Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Louise Lorne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Louise Lorne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kingswood Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Admiral Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sarehole Mill Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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