Total Crime Rate

55.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 55.4 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.9 4/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Burglary 3.5 3/10
  • Robbery 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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
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

Kings Road area has the 68th lowest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 960th 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 Kings Road (B44 0TF) in the last 12 months was 55.4 per 1,000 residents and was 51.7% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -45.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 31.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kings Road (B44 0TF), the main crime hotspot is near King Charles Court. Police recorded 73 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kings Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longford Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour King Charles Court
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longford Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carshalton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carshalton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Carshalton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carshalton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crayford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Caversham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Caversham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Caversham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caversham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kings Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime B4149 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kings Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Kings Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson King Charles Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson King Charles Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Charles Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sidcup Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornsey Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornsey Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Peckham Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peckham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4149 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newstead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newstead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Harringay Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornsey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornsey Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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