Total Crime Rate
50.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Aylesford Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 857th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Aylesford Road (B21 8DG) in the last 12 months was 50.2 per 1,000 residents and was 74.4% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 34.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -95.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Aylesford Road (B21 8DG), the main crime hotspot is near Rookery Road. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 52 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 | Vehicle crime | Farcroft Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farcroft Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Avenue Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farnham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farnham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aylesford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greenhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farcroft Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farcroft Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Greenhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Greenhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carlton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carlton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mervyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Avenue Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farcroft Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newcombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Aylesford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Aylesford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Larch Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Newcombe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newcombe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Uplands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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