Total Crime Rate

170.8 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 170.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 21.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.7 5/10
  • Burglary 10.7 9/10
  • Drugs 10.7 8/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 5/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Other crime 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

Plumstead Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 672nd highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Plumstead Road (B44 0ED) in the last 12 months was 170.8 per 1,000 residents and was 49.1% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 78.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Plumstead Road (B44 0ED), the main crime hotspot is near Fulwell Grove. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Plumstead Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dean Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Dean Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ralph Barlow Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery College Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Boston Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Boston Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halsbury Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halsbury Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halsbury Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Halsbury Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boston Grove Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boston Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Warren Farm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crossways Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dulwich Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dulwich Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons College Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Epping Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fulwell Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aylesbury Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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