Total Crime Rate
69.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kingstanding Road area has the 86th lowest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 1238th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kingstanding Road (B44 8JS) in the last 12 months was 69.2 per 1,000 residents and was 39.1% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 62.5% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 59.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingstanding Road (B44 8JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marshall Grove, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tysoe Road (19 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 | Anstey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fairford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Boswell Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Epwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Epwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fairford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brylan Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ridgewood Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ridgewood Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marshall Grove | Under investigation |
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