Total Crime Rate
168.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Berry Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 686th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Berry Road (B8 1SU) in the last 12 months was 168.5 per 1,000 residents and was 79.2% 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 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 108.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 92.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 149.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Berry Road (B8 1SU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Kilda'S Road, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Malthouse Lane (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Alum Rock| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Attwood Close | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Dysons Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Exton Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Berry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennetts Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennetts Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B4516 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B4516 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B4516 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Attwood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Attwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Highfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Phillimore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Phillimore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mendip Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Kimberley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Phillimore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Easby Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Attwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Dysons Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Attwood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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