Total Crime Rate

118.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 118.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.8 8/10
  • Burglary 7.9 8/10
  • Other theft 7.9 7/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Drugs 3.9 5/10
  • Robbery 3.9 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Elmwood Road area has the 52nd highest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 1138th 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 Elmwood Road (B74 2DQ) in the last 12 months was 118.1 per 1,000 residents and was 3.1% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -78.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 47.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elmwood Road (B74 2DQ), the main crime hotspot is near B4138. Police recorded 16 crimes here, including 6 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Elmwood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B4138 —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Longmore Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs A4041 Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime B4138 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order B4138 Under investigation
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Data Sources

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