Crime Rates at Edmund Road, Birmingham, B8 1HD

Edmund Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 444th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Edmund Road (B8 1HD) in the last 12 months was 210.2 per 1,000 residents and was 126.4% higher than the Alum Rock average (92.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 101.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Edmund Road (B8 1HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ellesmere Road, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near College Gate (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.