Total Crime Rate
142.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bandywood 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.
View Crime In Oscott| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dormington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Copthorne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blythe Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brockwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brockwell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gailey Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gailey Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gailey Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Orpington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Copthorne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Blythe Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brompton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lambeth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Stanway Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stanway Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Queslett Road East | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orpington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brockwell Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambeth Road | Under investigation |
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