Total Crime Rate
24.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Whittington Grove area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 117 local areas in Garretts Green , and the 309th 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 Whittington Grove (B33 8HE) in the last 12 months was 24.0 per 1,000 residents and was 78.2% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whittington Grove (B33 8HE), the main crime hotspot is near Treeton Croft. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 18 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 | Whittington Oval | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Treeton Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rayners Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Treeton Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatcroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wheatcroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Glendale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deepmoor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fifield Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glendale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glendale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wheatcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fifield Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wheatcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rayners Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rayners Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Treeton Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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