Total Crime Rate
152.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
100.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rookery Road area has the 37th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 777th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rookery Road (B21 9NN) in the last 12 months was 152.2 per 1,000 residents and was 22.4% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -58.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 100.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rookery Road (B21 9NN), the main crime hotspot is near Headingley Road. Police recorded 186 crimes here, including 75 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Handsworth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Aylesford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Headingley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mount Pleasant Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mount Pleasant Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mount Pleasant Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Headingley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Headingley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Headingley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Headingley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Headingley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Headingley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Headingley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Murdock Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Andrew Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murdock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murdock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Murdock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Murdock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Murdock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Headingley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Headingley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Headingley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Headingley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Headingley Road | Under investigation |
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