Total Crime Rate

95.9 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 95.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.6 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.6 9/10
  • Public order 6.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 1.7 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Belchers Lane area has the 45th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 1440th 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 Belchers Lane (B8 3EX) in the last 12 months was 95.9 per 1,000 residents and was 2.0% 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 Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 62.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Belchers Lane (B8 3EX), the main crime hotspot is near Nesbit Grove. Police recorded 104 crimes here, including 76 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Belchers Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nesbit Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Nesbit Grove Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandbourne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Sandbourne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mead Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nesbit Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nesbit Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nesbit Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sandbourne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alumhurst Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Alumhurst Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Alumhurst Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Belchers Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belchers Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Alumhurst Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alumhurst Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sandbourne Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caldwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Essendon Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Essendon Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Essendon Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Mead Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Alumhurst Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Pelham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotterills Meadow Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Repton Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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