Crime Rates at The Garth, Birmingham, B14 4EX

The Garth area has the 53rd highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Billesley , and the 1368th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Garth (B14 4EX) in the last 12 months was 97.0 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% higher than the Billesley average (96.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 69.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 52.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Garth (B14 4EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sandmere Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.