Total Crime Rate
146.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kingsland Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Oscott , and the 850th 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 Kingsland Road (B44 9PT) in the last 12 months was 146.8 per 1,000 residents and was 117.4% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -41.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 63.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingsland Road (B44 9PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Swains Grove (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 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Esher Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Anerley Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fernhill Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fernhill Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernhill Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anerley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Esher Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Keston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Stanway Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stanway Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kingstanding Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kingstanding Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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