Total Crime Rate
287.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
152.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alfred Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East , and the 240th 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 Alfred Road (B11 4PB) in the last 12 months was 287.7 per 1,000 residents and was 233.4% higher than the Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East average (86.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 76 (≈ 152.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alfred Road (B11 4PB), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 132 crimes here, including 67 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoney Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoney Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitbourne Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wilton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alfred Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesterton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Beach Brook Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Trenville Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beach Brook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Beach Brook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Poplar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Poplar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beach Brook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beach Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Beach Brook Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swallow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beach Brook Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trenville Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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