Total Crime Rate
126.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Holliday Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 1049th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Holliday Road (B21 0UJ) in the last 12 months was 126.8 per 1,000 residents and was 34.0% lower 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -81.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 87.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holliday Road (B21 0UJ), 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 | Soho Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scholars Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Soho Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Factory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashwin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashwin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashwin Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Midland Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashwin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scholars Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scholars Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Soho Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Soho Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Soho Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Ivy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Soho Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Soho Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Soho Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Piers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Piers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grasmere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grasmere Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holliday Road | Under investigation |
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