Total Crime Rate
116.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
92.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026This area has the 38th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 1119th 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 This (B8 3AA) in the last 12 months was 116.9 per 1,000 residents and was 26.0% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 92.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around postcode B8 3AA, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whitacre Road (38 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 | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hancock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maitland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hancock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hancock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lupin Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Graham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lupin Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lupin Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ludlow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Graham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexander Way | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Whitacre Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexander Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clodeshall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clodeshall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Raymond Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kiln Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Couchman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raymond Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitacre Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Alexander Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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