Total Crime Rate
41.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queens Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 117 local areas in Garretts Green , and the 653rd lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Queens Road (B26 2BJ) in the last 12 months was 41.0 per 1,000 residents and was 62.8% lower than the Garretts Green average (110.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 26.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).
In the area around Queens Road (B26 2BJ), the main crime hotspot is near Broadstone Road. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broadstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Treeton Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Treeton Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wheatcroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Broadstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Broadstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broadstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wheatcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queens Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wheatcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Treeton Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatcroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deepmoor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fifield Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fifield Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairlawns | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rayners Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Broadstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Broadstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rayners Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rayners Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittington Oval | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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