Total Crime Rate
61.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grove Lane area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 1073rd lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Grove Lane (B21 9HF) in the last 12 months was 61.0 per 1,000 residents and was 68.9% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 32.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grove Lane (B21 9HF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Soho Road, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Union Row (58 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Handsworth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Perry Mill Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Union Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Union Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Golden Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Union Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Branksome Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Branksome Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Branksome Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Branksome Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arthur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arthur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Arthur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Arthur Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Arthur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Golden Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golden Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Soho Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | York Road | Under investigation |
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