Crime Rates at Grasmere Road, Birmingham, B21 0UP

Grasmere Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 465th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Grasmere Road (B21 0UP) in the last 12 months was 206.4 per 1,000 residents and was 5.3% higher 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 117.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grasmere Road (B21 0UP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Soho Road, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Union Row (58 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.