Crime Rates at Reservoir Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B23 6DS

Reservoir Road area has the highest crime rate of 164 local areas in Erdington , and the 26th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Reservoir Road (B23 6DS) in the last 12 months was 1142.2 per 1,000 residents and was 817.1% higher than the Erdington average (124.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 121 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 152.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 88 (≈ 403.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Reservoir Road (B23 6DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 209 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coton Lane (58 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.