Total Crime Rate
229.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
108.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Coventry 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.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deakins Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gladys Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladys Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladys Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladys Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladys Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladys Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gladys Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Berkeley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Forest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkeley Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meriden Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ada Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ada Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Moreton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Moreton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Moreton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moreton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moreton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moreton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Kathleen Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Forest Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Forest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Deakins Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garway Grove | Under investigation |
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