Total Crime Rate
129.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
80.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Green Meadow Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Bartley Green , and the 978th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Green Meadow Road (B29 4EJ) in the last 12 months was 129.4 per 1,000 residents and was 20.7% higher than the Bartley Green average (107.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 80.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Green Meadow Road (B29 4EJ), the main crime hotspot is near Shenley Lane. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 22 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 | Meaburn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shenley Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Longbow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longbow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Veronica Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Veronica Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Veronica Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summerfield Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shenley Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shenley Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shenley Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shenley Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkestone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawkestone Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Court Farm Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Court Farm Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Meaburn Close | Under investigation |
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