Total Crime Rate

125.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

74.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 125.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 74.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.5 4/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Park Road area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 1022nd highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Park Road (B18 5ST) in the last 12 months was 125.8 per 1,000 residents and was 35.8% lower than the Handsworth average (196.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 74.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Park Road (B18 5ST), the main crime hotspot is near Grasmere Road. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Park Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Talbot Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order North Western Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Michael'S Hill —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Scholars Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coveley Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashwin Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ashwin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ashwin Road —
Apr 2026Drugs Factory Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Newton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences North Western Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Scholars Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grasmere Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Berry Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Berry Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merryhill Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merryhill Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Merryhill Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Merryhill Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Merryhill Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Merryhill Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Merryhill Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Merryhill Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Merryhill Drive —
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Data Sources

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