Crime Rates at Coventry Road, Sheldon, Birmingham, B26 3JR

Coventry Road area has the highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Sheldon , and the 8th 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 3JR) in the last 12 months was 2128.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1747.7% 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 464 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 145 (≈ 397.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 156.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Coventry Road (B26 3JR), 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.