Total Crime Rate

117.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

84.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 117.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 84.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.5 3/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wattville 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 Wattville Road (B21 0DS) 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 Wattville Road (B21 0DS), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Wattville Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/57)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Boundary Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Sampson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Green Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Orford Grove —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Raglan Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Island Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sampson Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Sampson Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Sampson Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sampson Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Green Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Milton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Milton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wattville Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour George Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malvern Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Belmont Road East Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Peasefield Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Green Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Green Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Paddington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Clarence Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Station Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Station Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holyhead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lawnswood Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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