Total Crime Rate
27.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Courtenay Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 362nd 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 Courtenay Road (B44 8JA) in the last 12 months was 27.1 per 1,000 residents and was 76.3% lower than the Kingstanding average (114.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other crime with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
In the area around Courtenay Road (B44 8JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marshall Grove, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harleston Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kingstanding| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pinewood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birdbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkenshaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkenshaw Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkenshaw Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wideacre Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Courtenay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knebworth Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Marshall Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Birkenshaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Marshall Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marshall Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marshall Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harleston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harleston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Harbeck Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ridgewood Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkenshaw Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birdbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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