Total Crime Rate

7.8 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 7.8 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.8 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Kemsley Road area has the lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Highter's Heath , and the 39th lowest crime rate of 3,083 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 Kemsley Road (B14 5DW) in the last 12 months was 7.8 per 1,000 residents and was 91.5% lower than the Highter's Heath average (91.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Kemsley Road (B14 5DW), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 180 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kemsley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitland Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norlan Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tandy Drive
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Tandy Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tandy Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tandy Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Whitland Drive Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norlan Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Whitland Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Whitland Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Idmiston Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Myrtle Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norlan Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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