Total Crime Rate

170.5 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 170.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 100.0 10/10
  • Other theft 20.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.6 6/10
  • Burglary 9.1 8/10
  • Public order 9.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · 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 12th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Handsworth Wood , and the 675th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Crocketts Road (B21 0HS) in the last 12 months was 170.5 per 1,000 residents and was 133.4% 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 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 109.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 259.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Crocketts Road (B21 0HS), the main crime hotspot is near Crocketts Road. Police recorded 45 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 Crocketts Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crocketts Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Earlsmead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Earlsmead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frinton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Crocketts Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crocketts Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crocketts Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crocketts Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crocketts Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Junction Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St James' Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Florence Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Payton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Booth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Booth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Booth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Booth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Earlsmead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crocketts Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orford Grove Under investigation

Data Sources

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