Total Crime Rate
90.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Heronswood Road area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Frankley Great Park , and the 1472nd highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Heronswood Road (B45 8QS) in the last 12 months was 90.1 per 1,000 residents and was 26.2% lower than the Frankley Great Park average (122.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 51.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Heronswood Road (B45 8QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Roseleigh Road, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ormscliffe Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ormscliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Irwin Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Heronswood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Heronswood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heronswood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amroth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Irwin Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Irwin Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgewood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ormscliffe Road | Under investigation |
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