Total Crime Rate
4.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Beeches Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 18th 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 Beeches Road (B42 2QN) in the last 12 months was 4.9 per 1,000 residents and was 95.7% lower than the Kingstanding average (114.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beeches Road (B42 2QN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Smalldale Road, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Castleton Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kingstanding| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Scarsdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grindleford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Smalldale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Becton Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Becton Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smalldale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grindleford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somercotes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Scarsdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castleton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scarsdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grindleford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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