Total Crime Rate
52.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Glenavon Road area has the 44th lowest crime rate of 129 local areas in Billesley , and the 903rd lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Glenavon Road (B14 5BS) in the last 12 months was 52.6 per 1,000 residents and was 45.4% lower than the Billesley average (96.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 37.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 39.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Glenavon Road (B14 5BS), the main crime hotspot is near Saxons Way. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 19 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 | Littlecote Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forder Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kingsthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kingsthorpe Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kingsthorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Highters Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highters Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chale Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitlock Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aldbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moundsley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shawbrook Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Highters Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxons Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Littlecote Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Playdon Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mountfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lark Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Saxons Way | — |
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