Total Crime Rate

417.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 417.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 142.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 86.8 10/10
  • Public order 42.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.6 7/10
  • Burglary 19.6 10/10
  • Robbery 19.6 10/10
  • Other theft 14.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.0 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.6 8/10
  • Other crime 5.6 7/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Kingsbury Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 164 local areas in Erdington , and the 125th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kingsbury Road (B24 9PZ) in the last 12 months was 417.4 per 1,000 residents and was 235.1% higher than the Erdington average (124.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 156.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingsbury Road (B24 9PZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 78 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kingsbury Road (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kingsbury Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kingsbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellerby Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Humberstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Humberstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Humberstone Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Kingsbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kingsbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kingsbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Kingsbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kingsbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kingsbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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