Crime Rates at Wattville Avenue, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 0DJ

Wattville Avenue area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Handsworth Wood , and the 1271st highest crime rate of 3,061 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 Wattville Avenue (B21 0DJ) in the last 12 months was 106.8 per 1,000 residents and was 49.8% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 62.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wattville Avenue (B21 0DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sampson Close, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodland Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.