Total Crime Rate
48.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gordon Road area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Harborne , and the 807th 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 9EY) in the last 12 months was 48.3 per 1,000 residents and was 46.7% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 350.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 37.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 233.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gordon Road (B17 9EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 135 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Harborne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chad Valley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | York Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | York Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frensham Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Regent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Regent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chad Valley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greenfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | 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 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | 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 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence 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 |
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