Total Crime Rate
89.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clent Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 1478th 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 Clent Road (B21 8DJ) in the last 12 months was 89.8 per 1,000 residents and was 54.2% 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 16 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 Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 55.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clent Road (B21 8DJ), the main crime hotspot is near Avenue Road. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 30 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 | Farnham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Aylesford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Aylesford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aylesford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aylesford Road | 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 | Newcombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Uplands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farnham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farnham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Mervyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farcroft Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Farcroft Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grafton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Farcroft Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Farcroft Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farcroft Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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