Total Crime Rate

132.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 132.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.5 9/10
  • Public order 16.6 9/10
  • Other theft 13.3 9/10
  • Robbery 10.0 9/10
  • Burglary 6.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Meadway area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Glebe Farm & Tile Cross , and the 999th 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 Meadway (B33 0EA) in the last 12 months was 132.9 per 1,000 residents and was 2.6% lower than the Glebe Farm & Tile Cross average (136.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 86.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meadway (B33 0EA), the main crime hotspot is near Lea Village. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Meadway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cliffe Drive
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scholars Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kitts Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rycroft Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rycroft Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rycroft Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lea Village Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Edmonds Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lea Village Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lea Village Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lea Village Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lea Village Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lea Village Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lea Village Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lea Village Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mirfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lea Village Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lea Village Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Lea Village Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Scholars Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Rycroft Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cliffe Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cliffe Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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