Total Crime Rate

99.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 99.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.1 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Drugs 1.7 1/10
  • Other crime 1.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Hive 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.

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Crime Over Time in Hive Industrial Centre area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Piers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Soho Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft St Michael'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person St Michael'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Michael'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Michael'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Soho Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Piers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scholars Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vicarage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashwin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashwin Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashwin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashwin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Factory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newton Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Michael'S Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scholars Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Piers Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Piers Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Michael'S Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scholars Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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