Total Crime Rate
516.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Nineveh Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 83rd 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 Nineveh Road (B21 0SU) in the last 12 months was 516.1 per 1,000 residents and was 168.8% 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 85 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 125 (≈ 288.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nineveh Road (B21 0SU), the main crime hotspot is near Soho Road. Police recorded 99 crimes here, including 60 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Union Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Louise Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Louise Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Louise Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Louise Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mostyn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Mostyn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marrowfat Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marrowfat Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marrowfat Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Union Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mostyn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marrowfat Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Montague Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holliday Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holliday Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dawson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tara Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tew Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mostyn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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