Total Crime Rate
84.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sandon Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 118 local areas in Ladywood , and the 1491st lowest crime rate of 3,059 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 Sandon Road (B17 8EE) in the last 12 months was 84.2 per 1,000 residents and was 76.5% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 29.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandon Road (B17 8EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Anderson Road, where police recorded 228 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sandon Road (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Anderson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Anderson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Anderson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Anderson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cardinal Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Anderson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cardinal Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardinal Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardinal Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardinal Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hickory Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drayton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Mary'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Mary'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Mary'S Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Poplar Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sandon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sandon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandon Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Anderson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anderson Road | Under investigation |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.