Total Crime Rate
177.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Caversham Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 630th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Caversham Road (B44 0LN) in the last 12 months was 177.1 per 1,000 residents and was 54.6% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 110.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 148.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Caversham Road (B44 0LN), the main crime hotspot is near Harringay Road. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Kingstanding| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Crayford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Harringay Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornsey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Firbeck Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Firbeck Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leyton Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornsey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornsey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornsey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Landswood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hornsey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hurlingham Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Harringay Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hurlingham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hurlingham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurlingham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Kings Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carshalton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Carshalton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longford Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Carshalton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peckham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Peckham Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Harringay Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Harringay Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Harringay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Streatham Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kings Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caversham Road | Under investigation |
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