Total Crime Rate
194.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
123.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mintern Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Heartlands , and the 519th 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 Mintern Road (B25 8QE) in the last 12 months was 194.9 per 1,000 residents and was 94.1% higher than the Heartlands average (100.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 44 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 Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 123.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mintern Road (B25 8QE), the main crime hotspot is near Mintern Road. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 39 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 | Flavells Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laxton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mintern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mintern Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carcroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flavells Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flavells Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Flavells Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carcroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carcroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Brantford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Brantford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laxton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brantford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Ring | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laxton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laxton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brantford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larch Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mintern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mintern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wembley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wembley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saltash Grove | Under investigation |
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