Total Crime Rate
469.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Coventry Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Sheldon , and the 99th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Coventry Road (B26 3JG) in the last 12 months was 469.8 per 1,000 residents and was 307.8% higher than the Sheldon average (115.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 153.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coventry Road (B26 3JG), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 383 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sheldon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Campbells Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jeremy Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Jeremy Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sheaf Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Campbells Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Campbells Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Campbells Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Campbells Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | B425 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B425 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | B425 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | B425 | Under investigation |
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