Total Crime Rate

118.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 118.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.6 5/10
  • Public order 9.6 7/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Kingsdown Avenue area has the 4th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Perry Barr , and the 1135th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kingsdown Avenue (B42 1NE) in the last 12 months was 118.6 per 1,000 residents and was 3.3% lower than the Perry Barr average (122.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 73.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingsdown Avenue (B42 1NE), the main crime hotspot is near Bescot Croft. Police recorded 146 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kingsdown Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bescot Croft Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bescot Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bescot Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tower Hill —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bescot Croft Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bescot Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bescot Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bescot Croft Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Kingsdown Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bescot Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montana Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montana Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montana Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Montana Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bescot Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Bescot Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bescot Croft Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bescot Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bescot Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Hillside Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Coleraine Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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