Total Crime Rate

58.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 58.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.3 6/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Robbery 4.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.1 1/10
  • Burglary 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Pretoria Road area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 104 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 1022nd lowest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pretoria Road (B9 5LJ) in the last 12 months was 58.3 per 1,000 residents and was 38.0% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 35.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Pretoria Road (B9 5LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 85 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whitacre Road (48 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pretoria Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/46)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fordrough Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Third Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Third Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitacre Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whitacre Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fordrough Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fordrough Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Imperial Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colonial Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fourth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Botha Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pretoria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Priorygate Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priorygate Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bordesley Green Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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