Total Crime Rate

142.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 142.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 100.7 10/10
  • Other crime 9.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Theft from the person 6.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Public order 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Bandywood Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Oscott , and the 893rd highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bandywood Road (B44 9LT) in the last 12 months was 142.9 per 1,000 residents and was 111.5% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 103.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bandywood Road (B44 9LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gailey Croft, where police recorded 21 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.

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Crime Over Time in Bandywood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dormington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Copthorne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blythe Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brockwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brockwell Road
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 Gailey Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Orpington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Copthorne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Blythe Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brompton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Lambeth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Stanway Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stanway Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queslett Road East
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orpington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brockwell Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lambeth Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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