Total Crime Rate

150.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 150.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.5 8/10
  • Public order 9.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.6 8/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Drugs 5.8 6/10
  • Other crime 5.8 7/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Theft from the person 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rookery Road area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 825th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 9QX) in the last 12 months was 150.3 per 1,000 residents and was 21.7% lower 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 79.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rookery Road (B21 9QX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rookery Road, where police recorded 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Murdock Road (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rookery Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Carlton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warstone Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rookery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Local resolution
Sep 2025Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Warstone Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Warstone Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rookery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Trafalgar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rookery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rookery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rookery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rookery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rookery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rookery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Albion Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Rookery Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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