Total Crime Rate

117.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 117.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.4 8/10
  • Other theft 9.3 7/10
  • Robbery 9.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.3 7/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Shoplifting 3.1 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 20th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Sheldon , and the 1144th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Coventry Road (B26 3LS) in the last 12 months was 117.7 per 1,000 residents and was 2.1% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Coventry Road (B26 3LS), the main crime hotspot is near Wells Road. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 31 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 (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Streamside Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Robbery Streamside Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Streamside Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Streamside Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wells Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Quinton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bantry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bantry Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
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Data Sources

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