Crime Rates at Kentish Road, Birmingham, B21 0BB

Kentish Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Handsworth Wood , and the 737th highest crime rate of 3,061 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 Kentish Road (B21 0BB) in the last 12 months was 157.6 per 1,000 residents and was 121.0% higher than the Handsworth Wood average (71.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 48 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 ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 111.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kentish Road (B21 0BB), the main crime hotspot is near Boundary Place. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.