Total Crime Rate

196.5 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 196.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 30.6 10/10
  • Burglary 26.2 10/10
  • Drugs 21.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.7 9/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Robbery 8.7 9/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 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

Queens Head Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 536th 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 Queens Head Road (B21 0RN) in the last 12 months was 196.5 per 1,000 residents and was 2.3% higher than the Handsworth average (192.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 96.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2200.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queens Head Road (B21 0RN), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 89 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Queens Head Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mary Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beeton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Queens Head Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queens Head Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Handsworth New Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mary Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Sycamore Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sycamore Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winsham Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winsham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person James Turner Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dora Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dora Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Babington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Perrott Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Boulton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foxglove Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Foxglove Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Woodburn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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