Total Crime Rate

55.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 55.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.0 7/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Other theft 6.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Chingford Road area has the 70th lowest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 969th 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 Chingford Road (B44 0BQ) in the last 12 months was 55.7 per 1,000 residents and was 51.3% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 34.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chingford Road (B44 0BQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Westward Close, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Chingford Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hawthorn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stowell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westward Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westward Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westward Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westward Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aylesbury Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Hill Crest Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stowell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stowell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oundle Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Epping Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rodwell Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rodwell Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cranbourne Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cranbourne Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cranbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranbourne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranbourne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chingford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chingford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Chingford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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