Total Crime Rate
46.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Phillimore Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 101 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 747th 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 Phillimore Road (B8 1PR) in the last 12 months was 46.1 per 1,000 residents and was 50.4% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 26.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Phillimore Road (B8 1PR), 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 | Public order | B4516 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Berry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Havelock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Berry Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edmund Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edmund Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edmund Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Phillimore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phillimore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phillimore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phillimore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phillimore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Berry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nigel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B4516 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Teall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandway Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Herrick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herrick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herrick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ellesmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ellesmere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cradock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Phillimore Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cradock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Avenue | Under investigation |
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