Total Crime Rate
152.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Blakenhale Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 117 local areas in Garretts Green , and the 811th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Blakenhale Road (B33 0XE) in the last 12 months was 152.4 per 1,000 residents and was 47.7% higher than the Garretts Green average (103.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 88.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 48.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blakenhale Road (B33 0XE), the main crime hotspot is near Old College Road. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Garretts Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Homestead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Meadway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blakenhale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheldon Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Old College Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Old College Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old College Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old College Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Homestead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Compton Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollyfaste Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Compton Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Compton Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Churchill Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Outmore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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