Total Crime Rate
35.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Birdbrook Road area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 531st 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 Birdbrook Road (B44 9TY) in the last 12 months was 35.3 per 1,000 residents and was 68.9% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 19.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Birdbrook Road (B44 9TY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Darleydale Avenue (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Darleydale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Oscott Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Oscott Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodlington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodlington Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Corbridge Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birdbrook Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birdbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Birdbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Swinbrook Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brentwood Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dyas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lingfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Oscott Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darleydale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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