Crime Rates at Holyhead Road, Birmingham, B21 0LA

Holyhead 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 Holyhead Road (B21 0LA) 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 Holyhead Road (B21 0LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.