Total Crime Rate

115.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

26.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 115.0 8/10
  • Shoplifting 35.4 7/10
  • Violent crimes 26.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.7 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.9 5/10
  • Burglary 8.9 8/10
  • Other theft 8.9 7/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Robbery 4.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Church Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Sheldon , and the 1143rd highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Church Road (B25 8XE) in the last 12 months was 115.0 per 1,000 residents and was 3.9% higher than the Sheldon average (110.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 26.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -97.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Road (B25 8XE), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 279 crimes here, including 84 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Church Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/68)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Harvey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harvey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Harvey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Harvey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Harvey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Harvey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Harvey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harvey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harvey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Harvey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Warwell Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charles Edward Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Preston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Ash Tree Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ash Tree Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Hobmoor Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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