Crime Rates at Hamstead Hall Road, Birmingham, B20 1JB

Hamstead Hall Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Handsworth Wood , and the 1302nd 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 Hamstead Hall Road (B20 1JB) in the last 12 months was 107.0 per 1,000 residents and was 46.5% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 74.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 71.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hamstead Hall Road (B20 1JB), 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.