Crime Rates at Watson Road, Alum Rock, Birmingham, B8 3ND

Watson Road area has the 47th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 1470th highest 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 Watson Road (B8 3ND) in the last 12 months was 93.6 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 61.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watson Road (B8 3ND), the main crime hotspot is near Hazelbeach Road. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.