Total Crime Rate
120.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The Gables area has the 63rd highest crime rate of 164 local areas in Erdington , and the 1115th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around The Gables (B24 0UF) in the last 12 months was 120.2 per 1,000 residents and was 3.5% lower 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 275.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 81.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 240.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Gables (B24 0UF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Newcome Close, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tyburn Square (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Erdington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Windfall Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cresswell Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Springthorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Gables | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayes Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pype Hayes Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyburn Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyburn Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Blossom Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Edinburgh Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Edinburgh Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Varley Vale | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hayes Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayes Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paget Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayes Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Springthorpe Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Springthorpe Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Springthorpe Green | Under investigation |
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