Total Crime Rate
51.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kingswood Road area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 146 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 876th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kingswood Road (B13 9AW) in the last 12 months was 51.4 per 1,000 residents and was 60.3% lower than the Balsall Heath West average (129.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 33.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingswood Road (B13 9AW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sutherland Drive, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beech Avenue (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Moseley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Beech Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brighton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sutherland Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sutherland Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sutherland Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Brighton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beech Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Harrisons Pleck | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grayfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brighton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grayfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingswood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pembroke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrisons Pleck | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrisons Pleck | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Harrisons Pleck | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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