Total Crime Rate
103.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alvechurch Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Longbridge & West Heath , and the 1282nd highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Alvechurch Road (B31 3JP) in the last 12 months was 103.9 per 1,000 residents and was 11.6% lower than the Longbridge & West Heath average (117.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 64.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alvechurch Road (B31 3JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westminster Place (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aire Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lilley Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Fordrough | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Orwell Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Condover Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Orwell Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cropredy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Fordrough | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orwell Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chirbury Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lilley Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilley Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Fairfax Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orwell Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orwell Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Houldey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilley Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Fairfax Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fairfax Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orwell Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Exe Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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