Total Crime Rate
174.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
140.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Relko Drive area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Bromford & Hodge Hill , and the 631st highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Relko Drive (B36 8TL) in the last 12 months was 174.6 per 1,000 residents and was 41.9% higher than the Bromford & Hodge Hill average (123.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 140.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Relko Drive (B36 8TL), the main crime hotspot is near Asholme Close. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 44 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 | Vehicle crime | Fairholme Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Relko Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radstock Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radstock Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lindale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reynoldstown Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Asholme Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Asholme Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Asholme Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Asholme Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilpin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gilpin Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lindale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Relko Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pan Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Old Bromford Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fairholme Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pan Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairholme Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pan Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Old Bromford Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Old Bromford Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Old Bromford Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Old Bromford Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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