Total Crime Rate

72.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

61.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 72.9 6/10
  • Violent crimes 61.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.9 1/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Butlers Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Handsworth Wood , and the 1304th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Butlers Road (B20 2NT) in the last 12 months was 72.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1.7% higher than the Handsworth Wood average (71.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 61.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Butlers Road (B20 2NT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wood Court, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Worlds End Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Butlers Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Worlds End Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Slieve Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beachburn Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Inverclyde Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wood Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wood Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Handsworth Wood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Slieve Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Slieve Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Handsworth Wood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Slieve Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs The Slieve Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson The Slieve Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson The Slieve Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Worlds End Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Worlds End Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Worlds End Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Worlds End Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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