Total Crime Rate
69.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kingstanding Road area has the 86th lowest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 1238th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kingstanding Road (B44 9SL) in the last 12 months was 69.2 per 1,000 residents and was 39.1% lower than the Kingstanding average (113.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 37.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingstanding Road (B44 9SL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Streatham Grove, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rushden Croft (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Oscott Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harringay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Streatham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Streatham Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Streatham Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Streatham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Streatham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Streatham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harringay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harringay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harringay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Balham Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harringay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Harringay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Harringay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harringay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harringay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harringay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Leyton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hurlingham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Streatham Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Balham Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Heather Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tansley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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