Total Crime Rate
232.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Victoria Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 117 local areas in Garretts Green , and the 393rd highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Victoria Road (B33 8AL) in the last 12 months was 232.4 per 1,000 residents and was 125.3% 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 72 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 80 (≈ 170.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 67.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Victoria Road (B33 8AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Old Station Road, where police recorded 135 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Station Road (64 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Garretts Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Old Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Old Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Old Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stechford | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Old Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Victoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northcote Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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