Total Crime Rate
104.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kitwell Lane area has the 38th highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Bartley Green , and the 1280th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kitwell Lane (B32 4NL) in the last 12 months was 104.2 per 1,000 residents and was 2.8% lower than the Bartley Green average (107.2 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 Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 57.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kitwell Lane (B32 4NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Burrington Road, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dudnill Grove (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burrington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudnill Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clent Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillside Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burrington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudnill Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dudnill Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudnill Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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