Total Crime Rate
265.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
186.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fentham Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 166 local areas in Erdington , and the 283rd 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 Fentham Road (B23 6AE) in the last 12 months was 265.8 per 1,000 residents and was 109.7% higher than the Erdington average (126.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 186.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fentham Road (B23 6AE), the main crime hotspot is near Windsor Place. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 39 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Northcroft Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derrydown Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Knights Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Knights Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Windsor Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Windsor Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Windsor Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Windsor Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derrydown Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunton Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derrydown Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxted Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bristol Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bristol Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bristol Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bristol Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bristol Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gravelly Hill North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gravelly Hill North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravelly Hill North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravelly Hill North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ravenhurst Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Knights Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Place | Under investigation |
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