Total Crime Rate

214.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

117.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 214.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 117.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 100.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.2 10/10
  • Burglary 17.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.5 9/10
  • Other theft 17.5 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 13.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.7 5/10
  • Drugs 8.7 8/10
  • Robbery 4.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Queens Head Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 429th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Queens Head Road (B21 0RN) in the last 12 months was 214.0 per 1,000 residents and was 9.1% higher 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 117.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 1090.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queens Head Road (B21 0RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 101 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sycamore Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Queens Head Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cranmore Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winsham Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sycamore Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sycamore Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Sycamore Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Handsworth New Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Winsham Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Winsham Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Winsham Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winsham Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beeton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order James Turner Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beeton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dora Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mary Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mary Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mary Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Babington Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boulton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Boulton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Boulton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A4040 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime A4040 Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery A4040 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences James Turner Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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