Crime Rates at Orpington Road, Birmingham, B44 9LS

Orpington Road area has the highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Oscott , and the 743rd highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Orpington Road (B44 9LS) in the last 12 months was 155.8 per 1,000 residents and was 123.9% higher than the Oscott average (69.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 94.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Orpington Road (B44 9LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gailey Croft, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kingsland Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.