Total Crime Rate
160.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ashwin 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 Ashwin Road (B21 0US) 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 Ashwin Road (B21 0US), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marrowfat Lane, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ivy Road (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marrowfat Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Piers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Scholars Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scholars Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Michael'S Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Piers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Piers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Piers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Piers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashwin Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Michael'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Michael'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Michael'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Soho Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Soho Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Soho Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Soho Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ashwin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golds Hill Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashwin Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Marrowfat Lane | Under investigation |
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