Total Crime Rate
112.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Aylesford Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 1206th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Aylesford Road (B21 8DW) in the last 12 months was 112.9 per 1,000 residents and was 41.2% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 47.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -53.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 34.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Aylesford Road (B21 8DW), the main crime hotspot is near Headingley Road. Police recorded 195 crimes here, including 80 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Handsworth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Farnham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rookery Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rookery Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rookery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rookery Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rookery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rookery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rookery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rookery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rookery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Rookery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mervyn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rookery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rookery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rookery Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rookery Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Carlton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Carlton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mervyn Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Albion Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newcombe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farnham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farnham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Farnham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenhill Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Greenhill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenhill Road | Under investigation |
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