Total Crime Rate
179.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Coveley Grove area has the 25th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 614th 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 Coveley Grove (B18 5RD) in the last 12 months was 179.8 per 1,000 residents and was 6.4% lower than the Handsworth average (192.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 127.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coveley Grove (B18 5RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Abbey Street, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coveley Grove (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Handsworth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hobson Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harmer Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lodge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Abbey Street North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterside View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wharf Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quayside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespear Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wharf Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | The Moorings | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Abbey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hobson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hobson Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Old Smithy Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lodge Road | Under investigation |
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