Total Crime Rate
36.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Norfolk Road area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 166 local areas in Erdington , and the 561st lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Norfolk Road (B23 6NB) in the last 12 months was 36.5 per 1,000 residents and was 71.2% lower than the Erdington average (126.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 20.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Norfolk Road (B23 6NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mona Road, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gravelly Lane (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Erdington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Robert Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravelly Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravelly Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gravelly Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravelly Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravelly Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravelly Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gravelly Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gravelly Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gravelly Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4142 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Somerset Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stones Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravelly Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Norfolk Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hammond Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jarvis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bromford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bromford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Marsh Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jarvis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Marsh Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsh Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Simmons Crescent | Under investigation |
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