Total Crime Rate

76.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 76.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.0 8/10
  • Shoplifting 7.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.7 2/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dunedin Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Oscott , and the 1365th 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 Dunedin Road (B44 9DW) in the last 12 months was 76.6 per 1,000 residents and was 13.5% higher than the Oscott average (67.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 40.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 192.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dunedin Road (B44 9DW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blythe Grove (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dunedin Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Kettlehouse Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gailey Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechdale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dormington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beechdale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Blythe Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Beechdale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blythe Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kettlehouse Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Stanway Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stanway Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rockmead Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gailey Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gailey Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechdale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kettlehouse Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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