Total Crime Rate

92.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 92.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.2 9/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Coventry Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Sheldon , and the 1482nd highest 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 Coventry Road (B26 1AL) in the last 12 months was 92.8 per 1,000 residents and was 19.5% lower than the Sheldon average (115.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 72.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 260.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Coventry Road (B26 1AL), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 202 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Coventry Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/42)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Preston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Harvey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gladstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rutland Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harvey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Robbery Harvey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Preston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Warwell Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lily Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ash Tree Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ash Tree Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ash Tree Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yew Tree Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
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Data Sources

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