Total Crime Rate
14.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gorsy Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Quinton , and the 147th lowest crime rate of 3,059 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 Gorsy Road (B32 2SJ) in the last 12 months was 14.7 per 1,000 residents and was 84.5% lower than the Quinton average (94.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -91.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gorsy Road (B32 2SJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mayswood Grove, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lower Higley Close (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rennie Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Quinton Road West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Faraday Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Faraday Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Faraday Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pinner Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Edison Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lower Higley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lower Higley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Quinton Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quinton Road West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fleming Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fleming Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fleming Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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