Total Crime Rate
55.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dyas Road area has the 69th lowest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 969th lowest crime rate of 3,059 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 Dyas Road (B44 8SG) in the last 12 months was 55.4 per 1,000 residents and was 51.2% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 46.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dyas Road (B44 8SG), the main crime hotspot is near Westward Close. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Swinbrook Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blenheim Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westward Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westward Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westward Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Westward Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Westward Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Westward Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Westward Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Westward Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Westward Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westward Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blenheim Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harleston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Knebworth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Birdbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birdbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birdbrook Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ridgewood Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Frenshaw Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Corbridge Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harbeck Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodlington Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodlington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ridgewood Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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