Total Crime Rate

94.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 94.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lowesmoor Road area has the 57th highest crime rate of 117 local areas in Garretts Green , and the 1465th 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 Lowesmoor Road (B26 2TW) in the last 12 months was 94.0 per 1,000 residents and was 8.8% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 53.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lowesmoor Road (B26 2TW), the main crime hotspot is near Heath Fields Way. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lowesmoor Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hidcote Grove Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowesmoor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hotham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hotham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Admington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meon Grove
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Meon Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Downsfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lowesmoor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowesmoor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hotham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowesmoor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowesmoor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Heath Fields Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heath Fields Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hidcote Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hidcote Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Kenmure Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kenmure Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hotham Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hotham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hotham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hotham Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsley Bank Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Frodesley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frodesley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chestnuts Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Chestnuts Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Chestnuts Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hotham Close

Data Sources

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