Total Crime Rate
323.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
110.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Averill Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 117 local areas in Garretts Green , and the 203rd 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 Averill Road (B26 2EG) in the last 12 months was 323.6 per 1,000 residents and was 193.9% higher than the Garretts Green average (110.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 110.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Averill Road (B26 2EG), the main crime hotspot is near Averill Road. Police recorded 88 crimes here, including 21 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Averill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Averill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Averill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Averill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Averill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Averill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Averill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Averill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Averill Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cockshut Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Averill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Averill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Averill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milstead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Milstead Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Averill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Averill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Averill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Averill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Duncroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Billingsley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fleetwood Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Westcott Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Este Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairlawns | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Este Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Averill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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