Total Crime Rate
131.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Alcester Road area has the 61st highest crime rate of 148 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 1011th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
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 Alcester Road (B13 8EF) in the last 12 months was 131.3 per 1,000 residents and was 3.6% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 55.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alcester Road (B13 8EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 108 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sutherland Drive (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Balsall Heath West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alcester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgbaston Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgbaston Road East | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Horatio Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alcester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alcester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alcester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alcester Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alcester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Alcester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Edgbaston Road East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Alcester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Alcester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alcester Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutherland Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sutherland Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sutherland Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sutherland Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Louise Lorne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Edgbaston Road East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Mount Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Woodbridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | King Edward Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
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