Total Crime Rate

675.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 675.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 167.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 154.1 10/10
  • Other theft 70.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 56.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 54.1 10/10
  • Public order 46.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 40.5 10/10
  • Robbery 40.5 10/10
  • Burglary 13.5 9/10
  • Drugs 10.8 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.4 7/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
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

Northcote Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 117 local areas in Garretts Green , and the 51st highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Northcote Road (B33 9BB) in the last 12 months was 675.7 per 1,000 residents and was 555.0% higher 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 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 188.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 97 (≈ 262.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Northcote Road (B33 9BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Flaxley Parkway, where police recorded 236 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Station Road (64 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Northcote Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Flaxley Parkway Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Old Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Old Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Old Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Old Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Station Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Station Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Station Road
Sep 2025Burglary Flaxley Parkway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park/Open Space Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Flaxley Parkway Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Flaxley Parkway Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Flaxley Parkway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Flaxley Parkway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Flaxley Parkway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Flaxley Parkway Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Flaxley Parkway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Park/Open Space Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Flaxley Parkway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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