Total Crime Rate
46.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sarehole 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 8HE) 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 8HE), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 123 crimes here, including 15 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 | Public order | Gracewell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnaston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Green Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Green Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Southam Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cole Bank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Burke Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gracewell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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