Total Crime Rate
109.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Aldridge Road area has the 60th highest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 1249th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Aldridge Road (B44 8NP) in the last 12 months was 109.7 per 1,000 residents and was 4.2% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 80.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Aldridge Road (B44 8NP), the main crime hotspot is near Delhurst Road. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Kingstanding| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Scarsdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Scarsdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regina Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somercotes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Meadthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Delhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malthouse Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scarsdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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