Total Crime Rate
21.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Westacre Gardens area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 117 local areas in Garretts Green , and the 266th 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 Westacre Gardens (B33 8RD) in the last 12 months was 21.7 per 1,000 residents and was 80.3% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Westacre Gardens (B33 8RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tanfield Road, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wheatcroft Road (13 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 | Glendale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Glendale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glendale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tanfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tanfield Road | 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 | Fifield Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bagshaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bagshaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wheatcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wheatcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wheatcroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatcroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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