Total Crime Rate
223.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
141.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026South Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Gravelly Hill , and the 395th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around South Road (B23 6EE) in the last 12 months was 223.8 per 1,000 residents and was 54.0% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 141.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 57.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around South Road (B23 6EE), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Watt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Coton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coton Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coton Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coton Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Coton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Coton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Coton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Summer Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Summer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Summer Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oxford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Oxford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4142 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dorsheath Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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