Total Crime Rate
221.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
112.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Garretts Green Lane area has the 14th highest crime rate of 117 local areas in Garretts Green , and the 405th 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 Garretts Green Lane (B33 0UD) in the last 12 months was 221.9 per 1,000 residents and was 101.5% higher than the Garretts Green average (110.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -24.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 112.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Garretts Green Lane (B33 0UD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hotham Close, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old College Road (28 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 | Outmore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Outmore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Outmore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Outmore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Outmore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hotham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hotham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hotham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old College Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old College Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old College Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hotham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hotham Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hotham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Granby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Natures Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Homestead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Natures Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Carters Hurst | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Granby Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Meon Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Meon Grove | Under investigation |
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