Crime Rates at Barnsley Road, Birmingham, B17 8EB

Barnsley Road area has the 50th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Ladywood , and the 518th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Barnsley Road (B17 8EB) in the last 12 months was 194.9 per 1,000 residents and was 45.7% lower than the Ladywood average (359.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 117.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barnsley Road (B17 8EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Anderson Road, where police recorded 228 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Adkins Lane (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.