Crime Rates at Hamstead Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 2BP

Hamstead Road area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 893rd highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hamstead Road (B20 2BP) in the last 12 months was 139.8 per 1,000 residents and was 28.7% 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 22 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 ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 86.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hamstead Road (B20 2BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barker Street, where police recorded 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (60 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.