Total Crime Rate
823.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
450.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ivy Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 43rd highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Ivy Road (B21 9AP) in the last 12 months was 823.8 per 1,000 residents and was 320.2% higher than the Handsworth average (196.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 66 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 87 (≈ 450.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ivy Road (B21 9AP), the main crime hotspot is near Ivy Road. Police recorded 69 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Handsworth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Thornhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Piers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Michael'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Michael'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Michael'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Piers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Soho Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Soho Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Soho Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Soho Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Welford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villa Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villa Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Piers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Broughton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Piers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Piers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thornhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Thornhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Belgrave Terrace | Under investigation |
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