Total Crime Rate
51.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wright Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 104 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 893rd lowest crime rate of 3,083 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 Wright Road (B8 1NU) in the last 12 months was 51.7 per 1,000 residents and was 45.0% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 37.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wright Road (B8 1NU), the main crime hotspot is near Ellesmere Road. Police recorded 75 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Alum Rock| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ellesmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malthouse Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malthouse Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ellesmere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Phillimore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Phillimore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Phillimore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malthouse Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Attwood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Attwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Attwood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Attwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Kimberley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Teall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Berry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B4516 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Ellesmere Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandway Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ellesmere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ellesmere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ellesmere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Kilda'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dysons Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dysons Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dysons Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dysons Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Dysons Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ellesmere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ellesmere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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