Total Crime Rate

284.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 284.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 160.5 10/10
  • Public order 26.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.4 10/10
  • Burglary 20.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.7 7/10
  • Other theft 10.0 8/10
  • Robbery 10.0 9/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Alcester Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 148 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 263rd 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 Alcester Road (B13 8BE) in the last 12 months was 284.3 per 1,000 residents and was 108.8% higher than the Balsall Heath West average (136.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 200.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 130.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 209.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alcester Road (B13 8BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 122 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (52 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Alcester Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/45)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edgbaston Road East Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Harrisons Pleck Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Harrisons Pleck Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sutherland Drive —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sutherland Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Augusta Road East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tindal Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Mount Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sarehole Mill Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Sutherland Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grevis Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grevis Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grevis Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grevis Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edgbaston Road East Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Horatio Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Admiral Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sutherland Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutherland Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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