Total Crime Rate
214.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
117.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hawthorn Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 427th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Hawthorn Road (B44 8PX) in the last 12 months was 214.1 per 1,000 residents and was 88.5% higher 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 117.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawthorn Road (B44 8PX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rodwell Grove (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stowell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Epping Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Epping Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fulwell Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chingford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warren Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodwell Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rodwell Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rodwell Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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