Total Crime Rate

469.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 469.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 170.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.4 10/10
  • Robbery 33.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 33.0 10/10
  • Public order 30.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.5 8/10
  • Other theft 27.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.2 9/10
  • Burglary 11.0 9/10
  • Other crime 8.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.2 9/10
  • Theft from the person 8.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.5 8/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
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 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 3JQ) 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 3JQ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 21 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 (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beamans Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beamans Close —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Campbells Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Campbells Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Beamans Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Campbells Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Campbells Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Coventry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Harvard Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Coventry Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campbells Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lyndon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Coventry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Wellsford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellsford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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