Crime Rates at Cranbrook Road, Birmingham, B21 8PG

Cranbrook Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Handsworth Wood , and the 1130th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cranbrook Road (B21 8PG) in the last 12 months was 119.1 per 1,000 residents and was 63.1% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 44.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 350.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 70.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cranbrook Road (B21 8PG), 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.