Total Crime Rate
440.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Alfred Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 112th 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 Alfred Road (B21 9NG) in the last 12 months was 440.7 per 1,000 residents and was 129.5% 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 75 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -76.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 102 (≈ 262.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alfred Road (B21 9NG), the main crime hotspot is near Barn Lane. Police recorded 118 crimes here, including 66 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 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warstone Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Warstone Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Warstone Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Boulton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Barn Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Barn Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Murdock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Murdock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Murdock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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