Total Crime Rate
60.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Glenavon Road area has the 55th lowest crime rate of 129 local areas in Billesley , and the 1072nd 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 5DD) in the last 12 months was 60.9 per 1,000 residents and was 36.9% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 31.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Glenavon Road (B14 5DD), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 223 crimes here, including 50 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 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Amwell Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melfort Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amwell Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hawkhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hawkhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tandy Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tandy Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Whitland Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Littlecote Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Henlow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melfort Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Playdon Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Littlecote Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Whitland Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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