Total Crime Rate
18.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Newent Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 124 local areas in Allens Cross , and the 203rd lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Newent Road (B31 2ED) in the last 12 months was 18.4 per 1,000 residents and was 82.0% lower than the Allens Cross average (102.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newent Road (B31 2ED), the main crime hotspot is near Overbury Road. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bunbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Redmead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromford Dell | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bromford Dell | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lady Bracknell Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Redmead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Overbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Redmead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ingoldsby Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Ingoldsby Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingoldsby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingoldsby Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingoldsby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingoldsby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Overbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingoldsby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hole Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bunbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lady Bracknell Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bunbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Somerdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hole Lane | Local resolution |
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