Total Crime Rate
49.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kenneth Grove area has the 64th lowest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 846th 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 Kenneth Grove (B23 7TT) in the last 12 months was 49.8 per 1,000 residents and was 56.2% lower than the Kingstanding average (113.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -9.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 23.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kenneth Grove (B23 7TT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tilsley Grove, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Daisy Drive (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Ridgeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millwards End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Ridgeway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welbeck Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ipsley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lakes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lakes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Suffield Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tilsley Grove | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tilsley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Suffield Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Millwards End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Purley Grove | Under investigation |
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