Total Crime Rate

95.2 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 95.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.7 5/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Meer End area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in King's Norton North , and the 1449th 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 Meer End (B38 9TX) in the last 12 months was 95.2 per 1,000 residents and was 5.4% lower than the King's Norton North average (100.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 51.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -64.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meer End (B38 9TX), the main crime hotspot is near Sedgeberrow Covert. Police recorded 25 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 Meer End area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Bracken Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Glenroyde Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Low Thatch —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glasbury Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Aldbourne Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Low Thatch Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ridgemount Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Branch Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lydbrook Covert Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Glenroyde Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lydbrook Covert Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Driftwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sedgeberrow Covert Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Batheaston Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sedgeberrow Covert Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sedgeberrow Covert Under investigation
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Data Sources

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