Crime Rate in Gravelly Hill, ward

Gravelly Hill has the 6th highest crime rate of 69 wards in Birmingham district and the 570th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 38th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Gravelly Hill in the last 12 months was 157.4 per 1,000 residents and was 22.0% higher than the Birmingham district average (129.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Gravelly Hill’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 941 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 6 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 37.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -41.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,133 (≈ 85.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Gravelly Hill ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 389 crimes here, including 131 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.