Crime Rate in Kingstanding, ward

Kingstanding has the 26th highest crime rate of 69 wards in Birmingham district and the 1282nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 100th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Kingstanding in the last 12 months was 114.5 per 1,000 residents and was 11.2% lower than the Birmingham district average (129.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Kingstanding’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,308 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 8 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -18.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,576 (≈ 65.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Kingstanding ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 93 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around King Charles Court (46 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.