Total Crime Rate

121.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 121.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.9 9/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Flaxley Road area has the 38th highest crime rate of 117 local areas in Garretts Green , and the 1094th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Flaxley Road (B33 9ES) in the last 12 months was 121.5 per 1,000 residents and was 17.7% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 59.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Flaxley Road (B33 9ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tanfield Road, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Penkridge Grove (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Flaxley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fifield Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirkham Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tanfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tanfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hill House Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Tanfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tanfield Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hill House Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stud Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stud Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ipstones Avenue —
Sep 2025Burglary Hill House Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Fifield Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Flaxley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Flaxley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rudyngfield Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rudyngfield Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Fifield Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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