Total Crime Rate

146.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

85.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 146.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 85.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.4 8/10
  • Robbery 34.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.5 7/10
  • Drugs 9.5 8/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gressel Lane area has the 19th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Glebe Farm & Tile Cross , and the 829th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gressel Lane (B33 9UN) in the last 12 months was 146.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.1% higher than the Glebe Farm & Tile Cross average (126.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 85.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gressel Lane (B33 9UN), the main crime hotspot is near Gressel Lane. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gressel Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaynes Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mulwych Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leycroft Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Leycroft Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Burglary Leycroft Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Coleview Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Chaynes Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Gressel Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Gressel Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Metlin Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Metlin Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Millfields Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Chaynes Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sheldon Hall Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaynes Grove Under investigation
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Data Sources

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