Total Crime Rate

146.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 146.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.8 9/10
  • Other theft 11.9 8/10
  • Burglary 9.9 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.9 6/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Shoplifting 5.9 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.0 2/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Cherrywood Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 859th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cherrywood Road (B9 4XB) in the last 12 months was 146.3 per 1,000 residents and was 55.5% higher 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 83.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 82.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cherrywood Road (B9 4XB), the main crime hotspot is near Whitacre Road. Police recorded 73 crimes here, including 48 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
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Priorygate Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fordrough Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Burbidge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burbidge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridge Road
Sep 2025Burglary Bridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Overwood Croft Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cobham Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whitacre Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fordrough Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fordrough Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitacre Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Overwood Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Ronald Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priorygate Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Overwood Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Overwood Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pretoria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Overwood Croft Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fordrough Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ronald Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ronald Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fordrough Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherrywood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fordrough Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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