Total Crime Rate

77.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 77.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.4 6/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Public order 8.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 1/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 2.9 2/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Thaxted Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Glebe Farm & Tile Cross , and the 1382nd lowest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Thaxted Road (B33 9UP) in the last 12 months was 77.6 per 1,000 residents and was 43.1% lower than the Glebe Farm & Tile Cross average (136.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 37.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thaxted Road (B33 9UP), the main crime hotspot is near Gressel Lane. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Thaxted Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Downton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gressel Lane Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gressel Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Downton Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leycroft Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Metlin Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leycroft Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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