Total Crime Rate
359.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Soho Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 159th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Soho Road (B21 9LW) in the last 12 months was 359.8 per 1,000 residents and was 87.4% higher 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 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -58.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 86 (≈ 200.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Soho Road (B21 9LW), 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.
View Crime In Handsworth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Soho Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arthur Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Union Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Union Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Union Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Arthur Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arthur Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Arthur Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marrowfat Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marrowfat Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marrowfat Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marrowfat Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marrowfat Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marrowfat Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Golds Hill Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Waverhill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Union Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Louise Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mostyn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodstock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chantry Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chantry Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dawson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawson Road | Under investigation |
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