Total Crime Rate
71.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alum Rock Road area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 101 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 1283rd lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Alum Rock Road (B8 1HZ) in the last 12 months was 71.9 per 1,000 residents and was 22.5% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -7.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 29.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alum Rock Road (B8 1HZ), the main crime hotspot is near Ellesmere Road. Police recorded 83 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phillimore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B4516 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cradock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cradock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phillimore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B4516 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B4516 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B4516 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Phillimore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Phillimore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B4516 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | B4516 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4516 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Havelock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ellesmere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hutton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Exton Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowyer Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowyer Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellesmere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ellesmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ellesmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wright Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Road | Local resolution |
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