Total Crime Rate

355.5 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 355.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 134.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 66.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.7 8/10
  • Other theft 21.4 10/10
  • Public order 21.4 9/10
  • Robbery 17.1 10/10
  • Burglary 12.9 9/10
  • Theft from the person 12.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Drugs 8.6 8/10
  • Other crime 8.6 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.1 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

Sycamore Road area has the highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Handsworth Wood , and the 164th 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 Sycamore Road (B21 0QW) in the last 12 months was 355.5 per 1,000 residents and was 386.7% 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 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -52.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 85 (≈ 182.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sycamore Road (B21 0QW), 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 Sycamore Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Park Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Local resolution
Sep 2025Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Queens Head Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Trafalgar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winsham Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Terrace
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warstone Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Warstone Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Warstone Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamilton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Babington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winsham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mary Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mary Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Bus/Coach Station Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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