Total Crime Rate
79.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Victoria Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 1421st lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Victoria Road (B21 0SD) in the last 12 months was 79.5 per 1,000 residents and was 59.5% lower 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 52.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Victoria Road (B21 0SD), the main crime hotspot is near Barn Lane. Police recorded 134 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Boulton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Soho Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Branksome Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vinyard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Soho Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Soho Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Soho Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Soho Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Soho Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Soho Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Soho Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Branksome Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Soho Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Soho Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Soho Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Soho Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Allens Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Allens Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nineveh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nineveh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nineveh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Branksome Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Branksome Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Louise Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Waverhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Waverhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Marrowfat Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marrowfat Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Under investigation |
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