Total Crime Rate
51.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Botha 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.
View Crime In Alum Rock| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fourth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fourth Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Whitacre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fordrough Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Botha Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Botha Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fourth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fourth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Botha Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Botha Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fourth Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bordesley Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fourth Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fourth Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pretoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colonial Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitacre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B4128 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | B4128 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | B4128 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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