Total Crime Rate
150.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Millfield Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Handsworth Wood , and the 823rd highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Millfield Road (B20 1EB) in the last 12 months was 150.5 per 1,000 residents and was 106.1% higher than the Handsworth Wood average (73.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 97.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 625.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Millfield Road (B20 1EB), the main crime hotspot is near Leopold Avenue. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Handsworth Wood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopold Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamstead Hall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | The Croftway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Croftway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopold Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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