Total Crime Rate
408.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Humpage Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 133rd highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Humpage Road (B9 5HW) in the last 12 months was 408.6 per 1,000 residents and was 334.5% 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 81 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 96 (≈ 228.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Humpage Road (B9 5HW), 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.
View Crime In Alum Rock| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fordrough Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cobham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pretoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Norwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ronald Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pikewater Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ronald Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fordrough Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Fordrough Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bordesley Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bordesley Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bordesley Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bordesley Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bordesley Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Imperial Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priorygate Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fordrough Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fordrough Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fordrough Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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