Total Crime Rate
501.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Headingley Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 87th 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 Headingley Road (B21 9QD) in the last 12 months was 501.2 per 1,000 residents and was 161.0% higher than the Handsworth average (192.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -68.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 93 (≈ 214.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 74.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Headingley Road (B21 9QD), the main crime hotspot is near Headingley Road. Police recorded 195 crimes here, including 80 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 | Cornwall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mervyn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Headingley Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Headingley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Headingley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Headingley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Farnham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Farnham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farnham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farnham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | College Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Headingley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockwell Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Stockwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stockwell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenhill Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Greenhill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenhill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenhill Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenhill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Slack Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Slack Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Mervyn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mervyn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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