Total Crime Rate

271.2 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 271.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 118.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.8 10/10
  • Drugs 17.0 9/10
  • Public order 14.1 8/10
  • Other theft 11.3 8/10
  • Burglary 8.5 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.7 8/10
  • Shoplifting 5.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

College Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 288th 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 College Road (B44 0AT) in the last 12 months was 271.2 per 1,000 residents and was 136.8% higher than the Kingstanding average (114.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 138.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around College Road (B44 0AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Maple Drive, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shepherds Way (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in College Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wardour Grove —
Sep 2025Drugs Rawdon Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wardour Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Drive Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Chalford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poppymead Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Watney Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Flamingo Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shepherds Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rawdon Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shepherds Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bexley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Chalford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornby Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bexley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hales Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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