Total Crime Rate

229.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 229.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.4 9/10
  • Robbery 24.3 10/10
  • Other theft 21.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 18.9 6/10
  • Public order 16.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.5 6/10
  • Drugs 10.8 8/10
  • Burglary 8.1 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.1 9/10
  • Theft from the person 8.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Crocketts Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Handsworth Wood , and the 404th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Crocketts Road (B21 0HJ) in the last 12 months was 229.1 per 1,000 residents and was 213.7% higher than the Handsworth Wood average (73.0 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 Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 115.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Crocketts Road (B21 0HJ), the main crime hotspot is near New Inns Close. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Crocketts Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nijon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Booth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Booth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Payton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs New Inns Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Florence Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St James' Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crocketts Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crocketts Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crocketts Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crocketts Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crocketts Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary New Inns Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs New Inns Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Crocketts Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farcroft Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nijon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nijon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nijon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Nijon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lawnswood Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lawnswood Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farcroft Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft New Inns Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Farcroft Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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