Total Crime Rate

112.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 112.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.5 8/10
  • Burglary 9.4 8/10
  • Drugs 6.3 6/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Aylesford 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.

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Crime Over Time in Aylesford Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Farnham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rookery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rookery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rookery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rookery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rookery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rookery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rookery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rookery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rookery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Rookery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mervyn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Rookery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rookery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rookery Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rookery Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Carlton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Carlton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mervyn Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Albion Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newcombe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farnham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farnham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Farnham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenhill Road
Sep 2025Burglary Greenhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenhill Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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