Total Crime Rate
99.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hive Industrial Centre area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 1390th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hive Industrial Centre (B18 5JJ) in the last 12 months was 99.3 per 1,000 residents and was 48.3% lower than the Handsworth average (192.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 62.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hive Industrial Centre (B18 5JJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Michael'S Road, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ashwin Road (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Handsworth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Piers Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Soho Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Michael'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | St Michael'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Michael'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Michael'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Soho Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Piers Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scholars Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashwin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashwin Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashwin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashwin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Factory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Michael'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scholars Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Piers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Piers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scholars Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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