Total Crime Rate
60.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Melcote Grove area has the 78th lowest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 1067th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Melcote Grove (B44 8UB) in the last 12 months was 60.6 per 1,000 residents and was 46.6% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 27.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Melcote Grove (B44 8UB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Delhurst Road (24 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 | Somercotes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Darleydale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brentwood Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dyas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkenshaw Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Oscott Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Oscott Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elliston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elliston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darleydale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Regina Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Regina Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadthorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Meadthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Delhurst Road | — |
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