Total Crime Rate
113.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
65.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nineveh Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 1167th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Nineveh Road (B21 0TB) in the last 12 months was 113.2 per 1,000 residents and was 42.3% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 65.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nineveh Road (B21 0TB), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Dora Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Preston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Preston Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langdale Croft | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kirby Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kirby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kirby Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Willes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conifer Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conifer Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conifer Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Conifer Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxcote Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxcote Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxcote Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Haseley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Willes Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tew Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Louise Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vinyard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bacchus Road | Under investigation |
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