Total Crime Rate

203.4 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 203.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 30.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.0 9/10
  • Burglary 10.2 8/10
  • Other theft 10.2 8/10
  • Public order 10.2 7/10
  • Other crime 6.8 8/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Booth Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Handsworth Wood , and the 505th 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 Booth Street (B21 0NH) in the last 12 months was 203.4 per 1,000 residents and was 178.5% 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 Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 98.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Booth Street (B21 0NH), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Booth Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station 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 2025Other crime Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crocketts Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Crocketts Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sycamore Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Sycamore Road Awaiting court outcome
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Foxglove Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foxglove Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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