Total Crime Rate
210.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
161.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026College Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Billesley , and the 441st 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 College Road (B13 9LP) in the last 12 months was 210.6 per 1,000 residents and was 118.3% higher than the Billesley average (96.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 78 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 91 (≈ 161.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around College Road (B13 9LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pickwick Grove (51 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 | Nansen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greswolde Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grove Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greswolde Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pickwick Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greswolde Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greswolde Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greswolde Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nansen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grove Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pickwick Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Passey Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pickwick Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Passey Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Passey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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