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

Holly Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 695th 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 2BZ) in the last 12 months was 167.9 per 1,000 residents and was 12.6% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 97.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 95.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holly Road (B20 2BZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Golden Croft, where police recorded 92 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Union Row (51 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.