Total Crime Rate
24.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Horrell Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 117 local areas in Garretts Green , and the 316th lowest crime rate of 3,083 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 2PU) in the last 12 months was 24.5 per 1,000 residents and was 76.2% lower than the Garretts Green average (103.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Horrell Road (B26 2PU), the main crime hotspot is near Rodborough Road. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Garretts Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilleshall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brays Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilleshall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lilleshall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodborough Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keble Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Keble Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Palmvale Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Keble Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Bank Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollywell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bincomb Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Newark Croft | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newark Croft | Under investigation |
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