Total Crime Rate

229.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

108.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 229.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 108.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 85.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 27.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 23.8 7/10
  • Other theft 19.8 10/10
  • Burglary 17.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.9 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.9 10/10
  • Robbery 9.9 9/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Coventry Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 375th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Coventry Road (B25 8BZ) in the last 12 months was 229.7 per 1,000 residents and was 63.3% higher than the Acocks Green average (140.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 108.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Coventry Road (B25 8BZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Forest Road, where police recorded 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Geraldine Road (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Coventry Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Deakins Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gladys Road
Apr 2026Shoplifting Forest Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Forest Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Forest Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Forest Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gladys Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gladys Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gladys Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gladys Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gladys Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gladys Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Berkeley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Forest Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Berkeley Road East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meriden Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ada Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Ada Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Moreton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Moreton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Moreton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moreton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moreton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moreton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Kathleen Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Forest Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Forest Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Forest Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Deakins Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Garway Grove Under investigation

Data Sources

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