Total Crime Rate
113.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alexandra Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 1160th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Alexandra Road (B21 0PL) in the last 12 months was 113.9 per 1,000 residents and was 41.9% lower than the Handsworth average (196.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 50.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alexandra Road (B21 0PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 101 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winsham Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sycamore Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sycamore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sycamore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Winsham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Winsham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Winsham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winsham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dora Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mary Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mary Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mary Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Babington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oakland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perrott Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Handsworth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | B4136 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Mount Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perrott Street | Under investigation |
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