Crime Rates at Alum Drive, Birmingham, B9 5PF

Alum Drive area has the 7th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 312th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Alum Drive (B9 5PF) in the last 12 months was 253.9 per 1,000 residents and was 173.5% higher than the Alum Rock average (92.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 68 (≈ 151.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alum Drive (B9 5PF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alston Grove, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nesbit Grove (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.