Total Crime Rate

120.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 120.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.0 1/10
  • Drugs 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Wardend Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 1116th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wardend Road (B8 2QU) in the last 12 months was 120.2 per 1,000 residents and was 27.8% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 164.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 83.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 105.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wardend Road (B8 2QU), the main crime hotspot is near Church Walk. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wardend Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Walk —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Schoolgate Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wallbank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wallbank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wallbank Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Perrins Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Perrins Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drews Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkview Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Winnington Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wallbank Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Perrins Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Coronation Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Coronation Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wallbank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wallbank Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Washbrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wallbank Road —
Sep 2025Public order Park/Open Space Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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