Total Crime Rate
49.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026East Meadway area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Glebe Farm & Tile Cross , and the 844th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around East Meadway (B33 0EW) in the last 12 months was 49.7 per 1,000 residents and was 60.9% lower 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 32.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around East Meadway (B33 0EW), the main crime hotspot is near Briddsland Road. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 25 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Coleview Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaynes Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaynes Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Culey Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheldon Hall Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Old Farm Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Metlin Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Metlin Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shirestone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haywood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Millfields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Chaynes Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulwych Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chaynes Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Briddsland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Briddsland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Briddsland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Briddsland Road | Under investigation |
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