Total Crime Rate

126.2 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 126.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Drugs 5.0 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.0 8/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Kingston Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Bordesley & Highgate , and the 1054th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kingston Road (B9 4JH) in the last 12 months was 126.2 per 1,000 residents and was 66.2% lower than the Bordesley & Highgate average (374.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 69.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingston Road (B9 4JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bowling Green Road, where police recorded 132 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near West Holme (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kingston Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sarah Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bowling Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Darnel Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Maxstoke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson West Holme Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowling Green Road
Sep 2025Burglary Darnel Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Darnel Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bowling Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bowling Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bowling Green Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bowling Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bowling Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bassett Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sarah Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sarah Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Holme Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Holme Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting West Holme Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bordesley Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Barnford Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gray Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Emmeline Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bassett Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Bordesley Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bassett Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Pleasant Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sandfields Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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