Total Crime Rate

85.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 85.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.7 8/10
  • Drugs 11.7 9/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Robbery 5.9 7/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Bleak Hill Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Gravelly Hill , and the 1505th lowest crime rate of 3,083 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 Bleak Hill Road (B23 7BS) in the last 12 months was 85.0 per 1,000 residents and was 46.0% lower than the Gravelly Hill average (157.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 52.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 63.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 47.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bleak Hill Road (B23 7BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lambert Close, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dallas Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bleak Hill Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birchdale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bleak Hill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Birchdale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Marlow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Streetly Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Streetly Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birchdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Streetly Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lambert Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Griffin Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anslow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lambert Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knightwick Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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