Total Crime Rate
139.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
89.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Meadway area has the 21st highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Glebe Farm & Tile Cross , and the 894th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 0EB) in the last 12 months was 139.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.0% higher than the Glebe Farm & Tile Cross average (126.9 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 Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 89.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Meadway (B33 0EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Heritage Way, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lea Village (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sunbeam Way | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bantams Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Village | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Heritage Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Heritage Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Heritage Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Heritage Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Heritage Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cliffe Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lea Village | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cliffe Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cliffe Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cliffe Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cliffe Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cliffe Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cliffe Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Waterford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bantams Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wychbold Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wychbold Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wychbold Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bantams Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eatesbrook Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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