Total Crime Rate
150.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
92.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Church Lane area has the 26th highest crime rate of 117 local areas in Garretts Green , and the 788th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Church Lane (B33 9EN) in the last 12 months was 150.8 per 1,000 residents and was 37.0% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 92.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 43.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Lane (B33 9EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beswick Grove, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church Lane (27 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 | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croxton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Croxton Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Roundhay | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Roundhay | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | North Roundhay | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | North Roundhay | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | South Roundhay | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beswick Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Beswick Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fifield Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fifield Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Swancote Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kirkham Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plowden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tanfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tanfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croxton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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