Total Crime Rate

82.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 82.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.6 8/10
  • Public order 5.6 5/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Other theft 3.7 4/10
  • Drugs 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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 51st lowest crime rate of 104 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 1461st lowest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Alum Rock Road (B8 2LY) in the last 12 months was 82.2 per 1,000 residents and was 12.5% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 56.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alum Rock Road (B8 2LY), the main crime hotspot is near B4114. Police recorded 293 crimes here, including 64 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Alum Rock Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4114 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4114 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4114 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4114 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4114 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4114 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4114 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4114 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft B4114 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4114 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4114 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4114 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4114 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4114 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4114 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery B4114 Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs B4114 Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4114 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stechford Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Burney Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Burney Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stechford Lane Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stechford Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs B4114 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stechford Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stechford Lane Offender given a caution

Data Sources

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