Total Crime Rate
90.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Frodesley Road area has the 59th lowest crime rate of 117 local areas in Garretts Green , and the 1501st highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Frodesley Road (B26 2SX) in the last 12 months was 90.9 per 1,000 residents and was 11.9% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 78.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Frodesley Road (B26 2SX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hotham Close, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old College Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Garretts Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hotham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old College Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheldon Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Frodesley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frodesley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Meon Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Meon Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chestnuts Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chestnuts Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Chestnuts Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Old College Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Downsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Old College Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old College Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hotham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hotham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hotham Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hotham Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hotham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hotham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brinsley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brinsley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hotham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Garfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Garretts Green Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Garretts Green Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowesmoor Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowesmoor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowesmoor Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lilleshall Road | Under investigation |
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