Total Crime Rate
408.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
276.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alston Grove area has the 4th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 131st highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Alston Grove (B9 5SB) in the last 12 months was 408.4 per 1,000 residents and was 340.0% 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 111 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 145 (≈ 276.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alston Grove (B9 5SB), 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.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Alston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Repton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bordesley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bordesley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bordesley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nesbit Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nesbit Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nesbit Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nesbit Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alum Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alum Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Green Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belchers Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bordesley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alston Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alston Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alston Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alston Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alston Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alston Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Alston Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alston Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Alston Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Alston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Alston Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bordesley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alum Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Alston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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