Total Crime Rate
93.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sandbourne Road area has the 50th lowest crime rate of 101 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 1426th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Sandbourne Road (B8 3NT) in the last 12 months was 93.2 per 1,000 residents and was 0.4% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 68.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandbourne Road (B8 3NT), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernbank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorlcote Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alumhurst Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alumhurst Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alumhurst Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alumhurst Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Vehicle crime | Sandbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sandbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | 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 | Sandbourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorlcote Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sladefield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fernhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernbank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ward Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sladefield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sladefield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bamville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Woodwells Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodwells Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodwells Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Montgomery Way | Local resolution |
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