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

Colonial 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 Colonial Road (B9 5NR) 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 Colonial Road (B9 5NR), the main crime hotspot is near B4128. Police recorded 71 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Colonial Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/38)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Bordesley Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order Bordesley Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Azalea Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Azalea Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Azalea Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Azalea Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bordesley Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lupin Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lupin Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lupin Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lupin Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lupin Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Botha Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fourth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colonial Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Blake Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bordesley Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other crime Third Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4128 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 Botha Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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