Total Crime Rate

131.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 131.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.3 10/10
  • Burglary 15.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.1 5/10
  • Other theft 10.1 8/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Alcester 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

Crime Over Time in Alcester Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alcester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edgbaston Road East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edgbaston Road East Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Horatio Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alcester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alcester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alcester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alcester Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alcester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Alcester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edgbaston Road East Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Alcester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Alcester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alcester Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sutherland Drive
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sutherland Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Sutherland Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sutherland Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutherland Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Louise Lorne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edgbaston Road East Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Mount Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodbridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order King Edward Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.