Total Crime Rate
309.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Farmcote Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 117 local areas in Garretts Green , and the 219th 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 Farmcote Road (B33 9LU) in the last 12 months was 309.0 per 1,000 residents and was 199.6% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 128.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 64.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Farmcote Road (B33 9LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Croxton Grove, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lathom Grove (24 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Bushbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kempe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greetville Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Peplow Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollington Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Flaxton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Croxton Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Croxton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kempe Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kempe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burdons Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Roundhay | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burdons Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leafield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmcote Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beswick Grove | — |
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