Total Crime Rate

516.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 516.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 195.9 10/10
  • Robbery 43.8 10/10
  • Other theft 36.9 10/10
  • Burglary 34.6 10/10
  • Drugs 34.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.0 9/10
  • Theft from the person 30.0 10/10
  • Public order 25.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.0 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 23.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 9.2 5/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 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

Nineveh 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 0TU) 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 0TU), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Nineveh Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arthur Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tara Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mostyn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Mostyn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Nineveh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marrowfat Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marrowfat Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marrowfat Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marrowfat Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marrowfat Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Louise Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arthur Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Louise Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Louise Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Louise Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Branksome Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mostyn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mostyn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Grasmere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Union Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Tew Park Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marrowfat Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foxcote Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Foxcote Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Foxcote Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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