Total Crime Rate

227.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 227.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 115.8 10/10
  • Drugs 20.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.4 9/10
  • Other theft 11.1 8/10
  • Burglary 8.9 8/10
  • Other crime 6.7 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 6.7 4/10
  • Public order 4.5 4/10
  • Robbery 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Alum Drive area has the 12th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 412th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 227.2 per 1,000 residents and was 141.6% higher 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 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 129.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alum Drive (B9 5PF), the main crime hotspot is near Nesbit Grove. Police recorded 104 crimes here, including 76 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Alum Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alum Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Repton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Green Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bordesley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bordesley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Bordesley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bordesley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bordesley Close
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Green Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Belchers Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Finnemore Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Finnemore Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Finnemore Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Alum Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Green Croft
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belchers Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Finnemore Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nesbit Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nesbit Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nesbit Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Nesbit Grove Local resolution
Sep 2025Robbery Alum Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alum Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alum Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alston Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Alston Grove Under investigation

Data Sources

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