Total Crime Rate
38.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Blakeland Road area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 590th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Blakeland Road (B44 8AU) in the last 12 months was 38.0 per 1,000 residents and was 66.6% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 28.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blakeland Road (B44 8AU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elmbridge Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Maybank Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fairford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fairford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marshall Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brylan Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Anstey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenholm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maybank Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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