Total Crime Rate
49.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clarence Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Handsworth Wood , and the 829th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Clarence Road (B21 0EE) in the last 12 months was 49.4 per 1,000 residents and was 31.1% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 27.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clarence Road (B21 0EE), 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.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Green Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clarence Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holyhead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crocketts Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crocketts Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Junction Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Green Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orford Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wattville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wattville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kentish Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kentish Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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