Total Crime Rate
222.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
144.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gravelly Hill North area has the 25th highest crime rate of 166 local areas in Erdington , and the 402nd highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gravelly Hill North (B23 6BA) in the last 12 months was 222.6 per 1,000 residents and was 75.6% 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 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 79 (≈ 144.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gravelly Hill North (B23 6BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 177 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coton Lane (56 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bristol Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oxford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Dorsheath Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorsheath Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dorsheath Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wood End Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coppice Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Coppice Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lansdowne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lansdowne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Oxford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oakfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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