Total Crime Rate
198.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gough Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Small Heath , and the 525th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Gough Road (B11 2NG) in the last 12 months was 198.0 per 1,000 residents and was 204.8% higher than the Small Heath average (65.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 116.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 195.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gough Road (B11 2NG), the main crime hotspot is near Ansell Road. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Small Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrows Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dolphin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holte Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ansell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ansell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ansell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ansell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dolphin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Madeley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrows Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrows Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrows Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Fraser Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fraser Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fraser Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Madeley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ansell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Madeley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Madeley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Albion Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Albion Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Albion Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Benton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Benton Road | Under investigation |
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