Crime Rates at Gowan Road, Birmingham, B8 3JG

Gowan Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 577th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gowan Road (B8 3JG) in the last 12 months was 187.7 per 1,000 residents and was 99.7% higher than the Alum Rock average (94.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 107.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 65.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gowan Road (B8 3JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ellesmere Road (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.