Crime Rates at Rookery Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9QZ

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 9QZ) 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 9QZ), 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.