Total Crime Rate
147.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sandhurst Road area has the 51st highest crime rate of 146 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 814th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sandhurst Road (B13 8EU) in the last 12 months was 147.6 per 1,000 residents and was 14.1% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 81.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandhurst Road (B13 8EU), the main crime hotspot is near Alcester Road. Police recorded 84 crimes here, including 57 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alcester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farquhar Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farquhar Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Leighton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Alcester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dowells Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alcester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alcester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alcester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Alcester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Alcester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alcester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Theft from the person | Farquhar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Woodnorton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodnorton Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sandhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Crest Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Crest Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hill Crest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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