Total Crime Rate

191.1 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 191.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 27.6 7/10
  • Other theft 12.7 9/10
  • Burglary 10.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.5 5/10
  • Public order 8.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Theft from the person 6.4 7/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.3 7/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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.
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Crime overview

Alum Rock Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 558th 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 Alum Rock Road (B8 1NJ) in the last 12 months was 191.1 per 1,000 residents and was 103.2% higher than the Alum Rock average (94.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 550.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 104.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alum Rock Road (B8 1NJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ellesmere Road (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Alum Rock Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edmund Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ellesmere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ellesmere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ellesmere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Ellesmere Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ellesmere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Kiln Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowyer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowyer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bowyer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Phillimore Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ellesmere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Langton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ellesmere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Ellesmere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Phillimore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4516 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4516 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4516 Under investigation

Data Sources

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