Total Crime Rate

440.7 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 440.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 193.3 10/10
  • Drugs 41.2 10/10
  • Public order 36.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.4 9/10
  • Robbery 25.8 10/10
  • Burglary 23.2 10/10
  • Other theft 23.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.0 9/10
  • Theft from the person 12.9 9/10
  • Other crime 10.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.7 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 2.6 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

Alfred Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 112th 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 Alfred Road (B21 9NG) in the last 12 months was 440.7 per 1,000 residents and was 129.5% higher than the Handsworth average (192.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 75 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -76.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 102 (≈ 262.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alfred Road (B21 9NG), the main crime hotspot is near Barn Lane. Police recorded 118 crimes here, including 66 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Alfred Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Bus/Coach Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warstone Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Warstone Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Warstone Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Boulton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Bus/Coach Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Barn Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barn Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barn Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barn Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barn Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barn Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barn Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barn Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Barn Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Murdock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murdock Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murdock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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