Total Crime Rate
308.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
186.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rattle Croft area has the 8th highest crime rate of 117 local areas in Garretts Green , and the 215th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Rattle Croft (B33 8EF) in the last 12 months was 308.7 per 1,000 residents and was 180.3% 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 186.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rattle Croft (B33 8EF), the main crime hotspot is near Sports/Recreation Area. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 30 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Bagshaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Brookside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Flaxley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Flaxley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Manor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Farm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Flaxley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bagshaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rattle Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rattle Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rattle Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flaxley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flaxley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avocet Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Flaxley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Manor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Yardley Fields Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Flaxley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Franks Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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