Crime Rates at Kentish Road, Middlemore Industrial Estate, Birmingham, B21 0AZ

Kentish Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Handsworth Wood , and the 674th highest 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 Kentish Road (B21 0AZ) in the last 12 months was 165.7 per 1,000 residents and was 131.2% 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 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 115.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kentish Road (B21 0AZ), the main crime hotspot is near Boundary Place. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.