Total Crime Rate

317.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 317.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 150.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 48.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.9 8/10
  • Burglary 16.1 10/10
  • Other theft 16.1 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 16.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.4 9/10
  • Drugs 8.1 8/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.7 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Hamstead Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 211th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Hamstead Road (B19 1BX) in the last 12 months was 317.2 per 1,000 residents and was 65.2% higher 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 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 66 (≈ 177.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hamstead Road (B19 1BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near South Road (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hamstead Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4124 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Naden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hunters Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vicarage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4124 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4124 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4124 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4124 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Charleville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4124 Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons B4124 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson B4124 Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson B4124 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary B4124 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Naden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charleville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order King Edwards Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Weston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lunar Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lunar Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lunar Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery King Edwards Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charleville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Naden Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Naden Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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