Total Crime Rate
366.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
157.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Garway Grove area has the 6th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 167th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Garway Grove (B25 8EF) in the last 12 months was 366.0 per 1,000 residents and was 160.2% higher than the Acocks Green average (140.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 53.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 157.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Garway Grove (B25 8EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Forest Road, where police recorded 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Geraldine Road (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elsworth Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Geraldine Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Retford Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Retford Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Retford Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Retford Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Forest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elsworth Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Forest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Forest Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Graham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Forest Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Graham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Graham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Graham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Graham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Graham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Graham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Graham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Geraldine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geraldine Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geraldine Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geraldine Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Burnham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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