Total Crime Rate
825.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
384.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Park Hill area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 146 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Park Hill (B13 8DT) in the last 12 months was 825.2 per 1,000 residents and was 538.1% higher than the Balsall Heath West average (129.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 28.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 384.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park Hill (B13 8DT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Strensham Road (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Strensham Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strensham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Park Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caroline Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Strensham Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strensham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Strensham Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Strensham Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strensham Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Anne'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Anne'S Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strensham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Strensham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Strensham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Strensham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Edgbaston Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Edgbaston Road East | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Edgbaston Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Edgbaston Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Edgbaston Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caroline Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caroline Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Augusta Road East | Under investigation |
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