Total Crime Rate

120.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

65.2 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 120.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 65.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.9 8/10
  • Burglary 9.9 8/10
  • Shoplifting 5.9 4/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Robbery 4.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.0 1/10
  • Other theft 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Cherrywood Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 1076th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 120.6 per 1,000 residents and was 29.9% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 65.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cherrywood Road (B9 4XB), 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.

View Crime In Birmingham

Crime Over Time in Cherrywood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Fordrough Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Fordrough Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fordrough Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cherrywood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bell Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fordrough Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fordrough Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fordrough Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Pretoria Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Bridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Priorygate Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Fordrough Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fordrough Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ronald Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pretoria Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cobham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Lancelot Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Lancelot Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitacre Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pretoria Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Whitacre Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Whitacre Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heartlands Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Whitacre Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pretoria Road Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.