Total Crime Rate

180.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

97.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 180.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 97.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.2 9/10
  • Other theft 20.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.0 5/10
  • Public order 10.0 7/10
  • Drugs 7.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.5 9/10
  • Burglary 5.0 6/10
  • Robbery 5.0 7/10
  • Shoplifting 5.0 4/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Meadway 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.

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Crime Over Time in Meadway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Outmore Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blakenhale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Blakenhale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blakenhale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blakenhale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Meadway
Apr 2026Burglary Holbeach Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Outmore Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holbeach Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holbeach Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Holbeach Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Holbeach Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Orpwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Outmore Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Churchill Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hadland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Deer Park Way
Apr 2026Other theft Deer Park Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Deer Park Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Orpwood Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Holbeach Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Outmore Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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