Total Crime Rate
308.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dormington Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 223rd highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Dormington Road (B44 9LN) in the last 12 months was 308.0 per 1,000 residents and was 168.9% higher 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 130.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dormington Road (B44 9LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kingsland Road (19 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 | Fernhill Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernhill Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilburn Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilburn Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilburn Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kettlehouse Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kettlehouse Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kettlehouse Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fernhill Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rockmead Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stanway Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Stanway Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Blythe Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dormington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blythe Grove | Under investigation |
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