Total Crime Rate
51.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Elliston Avenue area has the 60th lowest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 890th 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 Elliston Avenue (B44 8TJ) in the last 12 months was 51.5 per 1,000 residents and was 55.0% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 18.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elliston Avenue (B44 8TJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Delhurst Road (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kingstanding| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Darleydale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Elliston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkenshaw Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkenshaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkenshaw Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Darleydale Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Darleydale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkenshaw Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regina Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Meadthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birdbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birdbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Oscott Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Birkenshaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elliston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Delhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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