Crime Rates at Rover Drive, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, B36 9JS

Rover Drive area has the 19th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Smith's Wood , and the 185th highest crime rate of 675 local areas in Solihull .

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 Rover Drive (B36 9JS) in the last 12 months was 86.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1.2% lower than the Smith's Wood average (87.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 53.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rover Drive (B36 9JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hamble Close, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wolseley Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.