Total Crime Rate
214.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
117.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queens 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.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cranmore Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winsham Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Handsworth New Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Beeton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | James Turner Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beeton Road | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Boulton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Boulton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Boulton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A4040 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | A4040 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | A4040 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | James Turner Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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