Total Crime Rate

284.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

143.8 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 284.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 143.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 95.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 65.1 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 17.1 10/10
  • Robbery 17.1 10/10
  • Drugs 13.7 9/10
  • Other crime 13.7 10/10
  • Public order 13.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.3 7/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Theft from the person 6.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Brays Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Sheldon , and the 250th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Brays Road (B26 1NU) in the last 12 months was 284.3 per 1,000 residents and was 156.6% higher than the Sheldon average (110.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 143.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 357.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brays Road (B26 1NU), the main crime hotspot is near Coventry Road. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Sheldon

Crime Over Time in Brays Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sunnymead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wychwood Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Coventry Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Coventry Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Coventry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sunnymead Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Kings Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Kings Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Kings Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Brays Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Brean Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Wychwood Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime A45 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dalewood Croft Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences New Coventry Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Herondale Road Action to be taken by another organisation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 17 of 17

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑