Total Crime Rate
22.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gordon Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Harborne , and the 283rd lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gordon Road (B17 9EX) in the last 12 months was 22.6 per 1,000 residents and was 75.0% lower than the Harborne average (90.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gordon Road (B17 9EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Harborne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frensham Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Regent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chad Valley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chestnut Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chestnut Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rose Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Margaret Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greenfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chad Valley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Regent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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