Crime Rates at Wattville Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 0DA

Wattville Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Handsworth Wood , and the 1164th highest crime rate of 3,061 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 Wattville Road (B21 0DA) in the last 12 months was 114.8 per 1,000 residents and was 61.0% 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 25 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 30 (≈ 82.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wattville Road (B21 0DA), 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.