Total Crime Rate

125.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 125.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.0 9/10
  • Drugs 9.6 8/10
  • Other theft 9.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.2 2/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Old Acre Drive area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 1069th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Old Acre Drive (B21 0RS) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 34.9% lower 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 83.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Acre Drive (B21 0RS), 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 Old Acre Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mary Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Queens Head Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dora Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dora Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queens Head Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sycamore Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sycamore Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Babington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Woodburn 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 2025Vehicle crime Mary Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person James Turner Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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