Total Crime Rate

46.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

23.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 46.9 5/10
  • Violent crimes 23.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.9 1/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sarehole Road area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 129 local areas in Billesley , and the 773rd 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 Sarehole Road (B28 8EF) in the last 12 months was 46.9 per 1,000 residents and was 51.4% lower than the Billesley average (96.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sarehole Road (B28 8EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cubley Road, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greenstead Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sarehole Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Green Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Cole Bank Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Towyn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Towyn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burnaston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Green Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenstead Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bankside
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cubley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Cubley Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Cubley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Cubley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cubley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cubley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tenby Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cubley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cubley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Green Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Green Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Green Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cubley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Green Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cubley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Laceby Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Burke Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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