Total Crime Rate

116.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

63.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 116.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 63.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.3 6/10
  • Burglary 7.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Baltimore Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Perry Barr , and the 1126th 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 Baltimore Road (B42 1DD) in the last 12 months was 116.5 per 1,000 residents and was 4.9% lower than the Perry Barr average (122.6 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -5.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 63.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Baltimore Road (B42 1DD), the main crime hotspot is near Montana Avenue. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Baltimore Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Montana Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Montana Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Baltimore Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Baltimore Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Baltimore Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lloyd Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dorrington Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Whitburn Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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