Total Crime Rate

87.8 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 87.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.2 8/10
  • Other theft 9.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.9 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Public order 4.9 4/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Robbery 2.4 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Grove Lane area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 1537th 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 Grove Lane (B21 9HE) in the last 12 months was 87.8 per 1,000 residents and was 54.3% lower than the Handsworth average (192.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 61.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grove Lane (B21 9HE), the main crime hotspot is near Soho Road. Police recorded 99 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Grove Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Stafford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Douglas Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other crime Union Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Albert Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime York Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stafford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Montague Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Soho Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Albert Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leyton Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Soho Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chantry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Soho Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Soho Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodstock Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodstock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Soho Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tara Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Soho Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Albert Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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