Total Crime Rate
226.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
103.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Coventry Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 146 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 386th 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 Coventry Road (B10 0SW) in the last 12 months was 226.7 per 1,000 residents and was 75.3% higher than the Balsall Heath West average (129.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 103.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coventry Road (B10 0SW), the main crime hotspot is near Bowling Green Road. Police recorded 121 crimes here, including 45 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camp Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bowling Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bowling Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bowling Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bowling Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bowling Green Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitmore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Whitmore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Greenway Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Jenkins Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Greenway Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Greenway Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Greenway Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camp Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camp Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camp Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camp Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camp Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vann Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Danford Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greenway Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Storrs Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watt'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watt'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henshaw Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Henshaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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