Total Crime Rate

173.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 173.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.8 9/10
  • Drugs 17.3 10/10
  • Robbery 14.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.4 6/10
  • Other theft 12.4 8/10
  • Burglary 9.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Other crime 5.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Reservoir Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Gravelly Hill , and the 650th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Reservoir Road (B23 6DD) in the last 12 months was 173.3 per 1,000 residents and was 10.1% higher than the Gravelly Hill average (157.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 89.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Reservoir Road (B23 6DD), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 209 crimes here, including 50 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Reservoir Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Ilsley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derrydown Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watt Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derrydown Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derrydown Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Derrydown Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Derrydown Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watt Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Ilsley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft The Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avenue Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bristol Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ilsley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ilsley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ilsley Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Drugs Ravenhurst Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ravenhurst Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Ravenhurst Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Watt Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Watt Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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