Total Crime Rate
675.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Northcote 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.
View Crime In Garretts Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Flaxley Parkway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Old Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Old Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Old Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Old Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Station Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Station Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Station Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Flaxley Parkway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Flaxley Parkway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Flaxley Parkway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Flaxley Parkway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Flaxley Parkway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Flaxley Parkway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Flaxley Parkway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Flaxley Parkway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Flaxley Parkway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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