Total Crime Rate
142.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
87.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Golds Hill Road area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 859th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Golds Hill Road (B21 9DG) in the last 12 months was 142.6 per 1,000 residents and was 27.3% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 87.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Golds Hill Road (B21 9DG), the main crime hotspot is near Soho Road. Police recorded 98 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Soho Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thornhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Highbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Highbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highbury Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Midland Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Thornhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Thornhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Western Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North Western Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golds Hill Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holliday Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Holliday Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Holliday Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Osborne Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Piers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Piers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Piers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Piers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Piers Road | Under investigation |
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