Total Crime Rate

77.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 77.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Public order 8.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.3 3/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Reservoir Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 1378th lowest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Reservoir Road (B29 6TF) in the last 12 months was 77.3 per 1,000 residents and was 54.0% lower than the Edgbaston average (167.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 51.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Reservoir Road (B29 6TF), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 39 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 Reservoir Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harborne Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Roman Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harborne Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harborne Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Harborne Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Poole Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Poole Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Poole Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Poole Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Harborne Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Roman Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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