Total Crime Rate
194.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
90.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Garrison Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 521st 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 Garrison Street (B9 4BN) in the last 12 months was 194.6 per 1,000 residents and was 109.7% higher than the Alum Rock average (92.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 90.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Garrison Street (B9 4BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Langdon Street, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sarah Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quigley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Langdon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Towpath Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mease Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hoff Beck Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gray Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gray Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterside Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sarah Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langdon Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sarah Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langdon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langdon Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Langdon Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quigley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Isbourne Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Witton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Langdon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Witton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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