Crime Rates at Pretoria Road, Birmingham, B9 5LQ

Pretoria Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 104 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 893rd 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 5LQ) in the last 12 months was 51.7 per 1,000 residents and was 45.0% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -75.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 21.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pretoria Road (B9 5LQ), 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.