Total Crime Rate
172.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
129.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Berry Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 640th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 172.8 per 1,000 residents and was 86.2% higher 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 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 129.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 61.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Berry Road (B8 1SU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Herrick Road, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Malthouse Lane (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malthouse Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Kilda'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Highfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Malthouse Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Kilda'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Kilda'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Kilda'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herrick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Kilda'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Kilda'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Kilda'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cremore Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dysons Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wright Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Mendip Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Teall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Berry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Berry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nigel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wavell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cradock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cradock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Attwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4516 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Attwood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Attwood Close | Under investigation |
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