Total Crime Rate
126.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kingsbury Road area has the 62nd highest crime rate of 164 local areas in Erdington , and the 1051st highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kingsbury Road (B24 8QJ) in the last 12 months was 126.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1.8% higher than the Erdington average (124.5 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 56.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingsbury Road (B24 8QJ), the main crime hotspot is near Oval Road. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Erdington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Downside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravelly Hill North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravelly Hill North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravelly Hill North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyler Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jaffray Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyler Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Marshfield Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marshfield Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sycamore Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsmere Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sycamore Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ullrik Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ullrik Green | Under investigation |
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