Total Crime Rate
1002.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Spring Gardens area has the highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 30th 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 Spring Gardens (B21 0SH) in the last 12 months was 1002.7 per 1,000 residents and was 422.2% 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 127 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 187 (≈ 509.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spring Gardens (B21 0SH), the main crime hotspot is near Barn Lane. Police recorded 118 crimes here, including 66 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Handsworth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Babington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Union Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Branksome Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stafford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dawson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stafford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Union Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Union Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Union Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whateley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allens Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Waverhill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stafford Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stafford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Barn Lane | Under investigation |
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