Crime Rates at Farndon Road, Birmingham, B8 3HS

Farndon Road area has the 52nd highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 1521st lowest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Farndon Road (B8 3HS) in the last 12 months was 85.8 per 1,000 residents and was 8.7% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 55.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Farndon Road (B8 3HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hazelbeach Road, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Maitland Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.