Total Crime Rate
192.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
125.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gravelly Hill North area has the 34th highest crime rate of 166 local areas in Erdington , and the 527th 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 6BQ) in the last 12 months was 192.5 per 1,000 residents and was 51.9% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 125.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 97.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gravelly Hill North (B23 6BQ), 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 | Drugs | Gravelly Hill | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gravelly Hill North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Gravelly Hill North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Place | 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 | Public order | Sycamore Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jaffray Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Jaffray Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jaffray Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bristol Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Knights Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Windsor Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunton Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunton Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holden Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holden Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Knights Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Knights Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hunton Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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