Total Crime Rate

78.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

54.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 78.6 7/10
  • Violent crimes 54.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.3 7/10
  • Robbery 12.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.0 3/10
  • Burglary 6.0 6/10
  • Other theft 6.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Knights Road area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 1400th 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 Knights Road (B11 3QA) in the last 12 months was 78.6 per 1,000 residents and was 44.2% lower than the Acocks Green average (140.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -7.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 54.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Knights Road (B11 3QA), the main crime hotspot is near Rye Grove. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Knights Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Knights Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heathcliff Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Haybrook Drive
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blythswood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blythswood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Helstone Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Helstone Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Helstone Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tean Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tean Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tyseley Hill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rye Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Rye Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Tean Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ferndene Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Rye Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rye Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Holcombe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Knights Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Onslow Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Knights Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Haybrook Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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