Total Crime Rate
55.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rodlington Avenue area has the 70th lowest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 987th 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 Rodlington Avenue (B44 9UJ) in the last 12 months was 55.9 per 1,000 residents and was 50.8% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -9.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 42.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rodlington Avenue (B44 9UJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blenheim Way, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harleston Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Swinbrook Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Corbridge Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blenheim Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blenheim Way | Under investigation |
| 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 | Harbeck Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodlington Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harleston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lingfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Burglary | Knebworth Close | Under investigation |
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