Total Crime Rate

89.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

60.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 89.1 7/10
  • Violent crimes 60.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.2 1/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Clarence Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Handsworth Wood , and the 1497th 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 Clarence Road (B21 0EA) in the last 12 months was 89.1 per 1,000 residents and was 24.3% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 60.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clarence Road (B21 0EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Crocketts Road, where police recorded 38 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.

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Crime Over Time in Clarence Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wattville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Green Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Green Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Green Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Green Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Green Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Green Lane Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Green Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Green Lane Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Green Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Green Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Junction Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Green Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Clarence Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lawnswood Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Station Road
Apr 2026Drugs Station Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nijon Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Crocketts Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Green Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holyhead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Orford Grove
Apr 2026Burglary Belmont Road East Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Raglan Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wattville Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kentish Road Offender given a caution

Data Sources

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