Total Crime Rate
180.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
97.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Meadway area has the 19th highest crime rate of 117 local areas in Garretts Green , and the 596th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Meadway (B33 8NL) in the last 12 months was 180.5 per 1,000 residents and was 63.9% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 97.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Meadway (B33 8NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Outmore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blakenhale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Blakenhale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blakenhale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blakenhale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Holbeach Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Outmore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holbeach Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holbeach Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Holbeach Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Holbeach Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Orpwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Outmore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchill Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Deer Park Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Deer Park Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deer Park Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Orpwood Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holbeach Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Outmore Road | Under investigation |
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