Crime Rates at Holyhead Road, Birmingham, B21 0BD

Holyhead Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Handsworth Wood , and the 1110th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Holyhead Road (B21 0BD) in the last 12 months was 117.5 per 1,000 residents and was 64.0% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 84.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holyhead Road (B21 0BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sampson Close, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Green Lane (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.