Total Crime Rate
184.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
133.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thornhill Grove area has the 28th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 570th 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 Thornhill Grove (B21 9DB) in the last 12 months was 184.9 per 1,000 residents and was 5.7% lower 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 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -22.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 133.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thornhill Grove (B21 9DB), the main crime hotspot is near Union Row. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Branksome Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Highbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Osborne Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Holliday Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Holliday Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Holliday Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holliday Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golds Hill Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Thornhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thornhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Thornhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Midland Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highbury Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Highbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leyton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Holly Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Holly Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belgrave Terrace | Under investigation |
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