Total Crime Rate
65.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Debenham Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Heartlands , and the 1154th 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 Debenham Road (B25 8SP) in the last 12 months was 65.4 per 1,000 residents and was 34.8% lower 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -23.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 49.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Debenham Road (B25 8SP), the main crime hotspot is near Barn Meadow. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 22 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 | Barn Meadow | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carcroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blakesley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Marlborough Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Marlborough Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Homelea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bonham Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Meadow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bonham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laxton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laxton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laxton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laxton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carcroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carcroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bonham Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Meadow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flavells Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flavells Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Flavells Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flavells Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
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