Total Crime Rate

3.1 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 3.1 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Rowdale Road area has the lowest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 7th lowest crime rate of 3,083 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 Rowdale Road (B42 2DG) in the last 12 months was 3.1 per 1,000 residents and was 97.3% lower than the Kingstanding average (114.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2023. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2023, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

In the area around Rowdale Road (B42 2DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Homelands (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rowdale Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beeches Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trehurst Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Rowdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Rowdale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Raymond Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beeches Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Poplar Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Thetford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homelands Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longstone Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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