Total Crime Rate

125.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

81.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 125.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 81.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.8 8/10
  • Burglary 11.1 9/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Caversham Road area has the 51st highest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 1027th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Caversham Road (B44 0LN) in the last 12 months was 125.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.4% higher than the Kingstanding average (113.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 81.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 71.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Caversham Road (B44 0LN), the main crime hotspot is near Streatham Grove. Police recorded 63 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Caversham Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/38)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Balham Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Sidcup Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harringay Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Hurlingham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Carshalton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Carshalton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Caversham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kings Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kings Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kings Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Landswood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harringay Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peckham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hornsey Grove Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hornsey Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hornsey Grove Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hornsey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Longford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Longford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cranehouse Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harringay Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Leyton Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Harringay Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Streatham Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Streatham Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Streatham Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Balham Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Harringay Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Balham Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Streatham Grove Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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