Total Crime Rate
160.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Holliday Road area has the 34th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 715th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 160.1 per 1,000 residents and was 18.4% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 101.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holliday Road (B21 0UJ), the main crime hotspot is near Soho Road. Police recorded 98 crimes here, including 58 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Soho Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thornhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Highbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Highbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highbury Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Factory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Midland Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Thornhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Thornhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Western Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North Western Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golds Hill Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holliday Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Holliday Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Holliday Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scholars Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Piers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Piers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Piers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Piers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Piers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehall Road | Under investigation |
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