Crime Rates at The Leverretts, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 8HL

The Leverretts area has the 19th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Handsworth Wood , and the 1084th 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 The Leverretts (B21 8HL) in the last 12 months was 120.0 per 1,000 residents and was 67.5% higher than the Handsworth Wood average (71.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 60.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Leverretts (B21 8HL), the main crime hotspot is near Linchmere Road. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.