Total Crime Rate
355.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sycamore 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.
View Crime In Handsworth Wood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Park Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Queens Head Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Trafalgar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winsham Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warstone Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Warstone Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Warstone Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Babington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winsham Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mary Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mary Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
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