Total Crime Rate
158.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
99.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Reservoir Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Gravelly Hill , and the 729th 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 Reservoir Road (B23 6DG) in the last 12 months was 158.4 per 1,000 residents and was 9.0% higher than the Gravelly Hill average (145.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 99.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Reservoir Road (B23 6DG), the main crime hotspot is near Ilsley Road. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 40 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 | Drugs | Ilsley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Place | Under investigation |
| 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derrydown Close | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Ilsley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Windsor Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ravenhurst Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Watt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derrydown Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Windsor Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Southcroft Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Northcroft Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northcroft Way | Under investigation |
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