Total Crime Rate
93.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
70.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sandhurst Avenue area has the 55th lowest crime rate of 111 local areas in Bromford & Hodge Hill , and the 1421st highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sandhurst Avenue (B36 8EJ) in the last 12 months was 93.7 per 1,000 residents and was 23.9% lower than the Bromford & Hodge Hill average (123.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 70.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 68.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandhurst Avenue (B36 8EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Douglas Avenue (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brockhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandhurst Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ventnor Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ventnor Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Primley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Douglas Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Douglas Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandhurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ventnor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandhurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brockhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Twycross Grove | Under investigation |
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