Total Crime Rate

51.7 per 1,000 5/10 · 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 51.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.4 3/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Drugs 1.8 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.8 1/10
  • Robbery 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Botha 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 Botha Road (B9 5LT) 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 Botha Road (B9 5LT), 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 Botha Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whitacre Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fordrough Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Botha Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Botha Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fourth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Botha Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Botha Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bordesley Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pretoria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colonial Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitacre Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4128 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order B4128 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime B4128 Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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