Crime Rates at Charles Road, Small Heath, Birmingham, B10 9AA

Charles Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Bordesley & Highgate , and the 1451st 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 Charles Road (B10 9AA) in the last 12 months was 91.6 per 1,000 residents and was 75.0% lower than the Bordesley & Highgate average (366.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 69.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Charles Road (B10 9AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Green Lane, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Marlborough Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.