Total Crime Rate

383.7 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 383.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 204.1 10/10
  • Other theft 36.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.7 10/10
  • Public order 32.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.4 8/10
  • Burglary 16.3 10/10
  • Drugs 16.3 9/10
  • Other crime 12.2 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.2 9/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · 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 3rd highest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 143rd highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kings Road (B44 0UL) in the last 12 months was 383.7 per 1,000 residents and was 235.0% 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 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 249.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 265.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kings Road (B44 0UL), 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 Hartley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornsey Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornsey Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartley Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hornsey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornsey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornsey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornsey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornsey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cranehouse Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longford Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranehouse Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newstead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newstead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour King Charles Court
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 2025Vehicle crime Hartley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longford Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peckham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kings Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hollyhurst 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

Data Sources

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