Crime Rates at Ashwin Road, Birmingham, B21 0US

Ashwin 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 Ashwin Road (B21 0US) 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 Ashwin Road (B21 0US), the main crime hotspot is near Ivy Road. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.