Total Crime Rate

129.4 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 129.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.4 6/10
  • Burglary 7.5 7/10
  • Other crime 7.5 8/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Public order 7.5 6/10
  • Drugs 5.0 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

This area has the 35th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 1033rd 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 This (B8 3AA) in the last 12 months was 129.4 per 1,000 residents and was 37.6% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 82.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.6% 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 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whitacre Road (48 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in B8 3AA area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Graham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Graham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Kiln Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lupin Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Burglary Graham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Maitland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maitland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hancock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hancock Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hancock Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hancock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lupin Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lupin Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lupin Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Graham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lupin Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Raymond Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Botha Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whitacre Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitacre Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anthony Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Langton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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