Crime Rates at Holly Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 2BX

Holly Road area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 927th 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 Holly Road (B20 2BX) in the last 12 months was 138.8 per 1,000 residents and was 27.7% lower 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 80.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holly Road (B20 2BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ivy Road, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Highbury Avenue (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.