Total Crime Rate

32.8 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 32.8 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Other theft 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Public order 2.1 1/10
  • Robbery 2.1 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Meadway area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 117 local areas in Garretts Green , and the 474th lowest crime rate of 3,083 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 Meadway (B33 8LX) in the last 12 months was 32.8 per 1,000 residents and was 68.2% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 18.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Meadway (B33 8LX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rayners Croft (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Meadway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fifield Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broadstone Road
Sep 2025Public order Passfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kelynmead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kelynmead Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kelynmead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rayners Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Treeton Croft
Sep 2025Drugs Rayners Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rayners Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whittington Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Lea Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Fifield Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Fifield Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whittington Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Broadstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Broadstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whittington Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Deepmoor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Wheatcroft Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wheatcroft Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatcroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Deepmoor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deepmoor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deepmoor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Partridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fontley Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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