Total Crime Rate

225.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 225.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 129.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.1 10/10
  • Public order 12.1 8/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.1 7/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Posey Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Handsworth Wood , and the 417th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Posey Close (B21 8HS) in the last 12 months was 225.8 per 1,000 residents and was 209.2% higher than the Handsworth Wood average (73.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 190.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 153.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 123.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Posey Close (B21 8HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Linchmere Road, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Posey Close (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Posey Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Copthall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person The Leverretts Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Copthall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranbrook Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Leverretts —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Posey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime The Leverretts Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Leverretts Under investigation
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Data Sources

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