Total Crime Rate
54.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Horrell Road area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 117 local areas in Garretts Green , and the 956th 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 Horrell Road (B26 2PD) in the last 12 months was 54.9 per 1,000 residents and was 50.1% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 35.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Horrell Road (B26 2PD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hernall Croft, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cockshut Hill (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hernall Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corrie Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kennedy Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kennedy Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kennedy Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cockshut Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corrie Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Billingsley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benedon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellevue Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Benedon Road | Under investigation |
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