Total Crime Rate

91.1 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 91.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.7 5/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Public order 2.2 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Barwell Road area has the 49th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 1499th 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 Barwell Road (B9 4LB) in the last 12 months was 91.1 per 1,000 residents and was 3.1% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 47.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 119.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barwell Road (B9 4LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Langdon Street, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sarah Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Barwell Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sarah Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmacre Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Waterside Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Maxstoke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Mease Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Towpath Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Towpath Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Keer Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Bolton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bolton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Emmeline Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmacre Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gray Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Quigley Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sarah Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sarah Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Langdon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Langdon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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