Total Crime Rate

134.9 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 134.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.6 10/10
  • Burglary 9.6 8/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.9 2/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Theft from the person 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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 34th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 976th 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 Cherrywood Road (B9 4XE) in the last 12 months was 134.9 per 1,000 residents and was 43.4% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 84.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cherrywood Road (B9 4XE), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 34 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ronald Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cobham Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fordrough Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fordrough Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fordrough Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ronald Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Ronald Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Priorygate Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pikewater Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Burbidge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ronald Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palace Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Norwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fordrough Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fordrough Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fordrough Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ronald Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Ronald Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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