Total Crime Rate
144.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Spring Road area has the 55th highest crime rate of 148 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 871st highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Spring Road (B15 2HG) in the last 12 months was 144.4 per 1,000 residents and was 6.1% higher than the Balsall Heath West average (136.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 86.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spring Road (B15 2HG), the main crime hotspot is near Stone Road. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Riseley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Newhope Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellevue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellevue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bellevue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Springmeadow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Springmeadow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Springmeadow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bellevue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newhope Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newhope Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Lawrence Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Lawrence Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stone Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | A4540 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | A4540 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | A4540 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | A4540 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | A38 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tylney Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mosedale Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Mosedale Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightingale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Riseley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cambridge Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lee Bank Middleway | Under investigation |
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