Total Crime Rate
134.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
97.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gibson Road area has the 66th highest crime rate of 156 local areas in Aston , and the 932nd highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gibson Road (B20 3UE) in the last 12 months was 134.3 per 1,000 residents and was 7.3% higher than the Aston average (125.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 97.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gibson Road (B20 3UE), the main crime hotspot is near Hamstead Road. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowling Green Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winston Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Heathfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Heathfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Vale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Vale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Vale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Radnor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gibson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gibson Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wye Cliff Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wye Cliff Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heathfield Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winston Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hamstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bowling Green Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | King Edwards Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hamstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hamstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowling Green Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beaudesert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beaudesert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaudesert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaudesert Road | Under investigation |
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