Total Crime Rate
437.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
159.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Laburnum Grove area has the 7th highest crime rate of 146 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 112th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Laburnum Grove (B13 8EL) in the last 12 months was 437.3 per 1,000 residents and was 238.1% 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 Shoplifting with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 159.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Laburnum Grove (B13 8EL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alcester Road (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grayfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alcester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Harrisons Pleck | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Harrisons Pleck | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrisons Pleck | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | B4217 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4217 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grayfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Leaf Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Alcester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alcester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alcester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alcester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alcester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Alcester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Alcester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alcester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrisons Pleck | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Mary'S Row | Under investigation |
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