Total Crime Rate

190.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

100.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 190.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 100.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.0 9/10
  • Other theft 15.5 9/10
  • Public order 15.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.9 6/10
  • Burglary 7.7 8/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.2 8/10
  • Robbery 5.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cherrywood Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 537th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cherrywood Road (B9 4XA) in the last 12 months was 190.7 per 1,000 residents and was 105.5% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 100.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cherrywood Road (B9 4XA), the main crime hotspot is near Whitacre Road. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cherrywood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Raymond Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fordrough Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alexander Way Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alexander Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Alexander Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Alexander Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Alexander Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Botha Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Botha Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitacre Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Whitacre Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Fordrough Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fordrough Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Fordrough Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Fordrough Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fordrough Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Graham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Whitacre Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Whitacre Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bell Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clodeshall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clodeshall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Couchman Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pretoria Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pretoria Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pretoria Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Pretoria Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fordrough Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fordrough Lane Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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