Total Crime Rate

154.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 154.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 78.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.8 7/10
  • Other crime 9.8 9/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Tower Road area has the 46th highest crime rate of 164 local areas in Erdington , and the 788th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tower Road (B23 6GJ) in the last 12 months was 154.8 per 1,000 residents and was 24.3% higher than the Erdington average (124.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 90.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tower Road (B23 6GJ), the main crime hotspot is near Slade Road. Police recorded 105 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Tower Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Slade Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Slade Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hermitage Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Fentham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boundary Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boundary Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ashley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Slade Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Slade Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fentham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fentham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Slade Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Slade Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hunton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Slade Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Slade Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Slade Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Slade Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Slade Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Slade Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clarence Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Windsor Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Springfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Springfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hermitage Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hunton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hunton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft The Gardens Under investigation

Data Sources

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