Total Crime Rate

128.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 128.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 17.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Robbery 7.6 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.0 8/10
  • Public order 5.0 4/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Roylesden Crescent area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 1041st highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Roylesden Crescent (B73 6RA) in the last 12 months was 128.5 per 1,000 residents and was 12.2% higher than the Kingstanding average (114.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 63.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Roylesden Crescent (B73 6RA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Princess Alice Retail Park, where police recorded 99 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petersham Road (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Roylesden Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Princess Alice Retail Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leamount Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hampton Close
Sep 2025Other crime Parkwood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkeston Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hampton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Princess Alice Retail Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Princess Alice Retail Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Princess Alice Retail Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Princess Alice Retail Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Princess Alice Retail Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Tudor Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Princess Alice Retail Park Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Leamount Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Princess Alice Retail Park Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kings Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petersham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petersham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Princess Alice Retail Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Princess Alice Retail Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Princess Alice Retail Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Princess Alice Retail Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Honiley Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Princess Alice Retail Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kings Road

Data Sources

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