Total Crime Rate
120.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
76.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Jephcott Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 1070th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Jephcott Road (B8 3ED) in the last 12 months was 120.9 per 1,000 residents and was 30.3% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 76.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Jephcott Road (B8 3ED), the main crime hotspot is near Sandbourne Road. Police recorded 63 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Poppy Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bramble Dell | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Banford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Banford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandbourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandbourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sandbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sandbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Moat House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Moat House Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorlcote Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorlcote Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fernhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Montgomery Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramble Dell | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sandbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kellington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernbank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kellington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbank Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tranter Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernbank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Springbank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Springbank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kellington Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Alum Rock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Hill Road | Under investigation |
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