Total Crime Rate
206.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
117.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Park Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 465th 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 5TR) in the last 12 months was 206.4 per 1,000 residents and was 5.3% higher 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 117.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park Road (B18 5TR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Soho Road, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Union Row (58 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Union Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Union Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Union Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Union Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Branksome Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holliday Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Western Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North Western Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golds Hill Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Holliday Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marrowfat Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Holliday Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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