Total Crime Rate
41.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Caxton Grove area has the 46th lowest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 654th lowest crime rate of 3,059 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 Caxton Grove (B44 0PB) in the last 12 months was 41.2 per 1,000 residents and was 63.7% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 35.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Caxton Grove (B44 0PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chinley Grove, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rivington Crescent (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivington Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wiseman Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langholm Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Langholm Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A452 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A452 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A452 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A452 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | A452 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priors Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chinley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priors Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivington Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivington Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shepherds Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shepherds Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shepherds Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shepherds Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chinley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chinley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chinley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chinley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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