Total Crime Rate
42.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eastfield Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 101 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 679th lowest crime rate of 3,059 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 Eastfield Road (B9 5XA) in the last 12 months was 42.4 per 1,000 residents and was 54.3% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 17.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eastfield Road (B9 5XA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elizabeth Road, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Foxwell Grove (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elizabeth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotterills Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Otley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Otley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxwell Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Foxwell Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Everton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Everton Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Everton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elizabeth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gumbleberrys Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | West View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cotterills Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Otley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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