Total Crime Rate
211.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
122.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oxhill Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 439th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oxhill Road (B21 9RH) in the last 12 months was 211.1 per 1,000 residents and was 7.7% higher 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 122.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oxhill Road (B21 9RH), 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 Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farnham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | College Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Headingley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Headingley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Headingley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Headingley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Andrew Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Windermere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Windermere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Headingley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | College Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slack Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slack Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slack Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cornwall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Orchard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Headingley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cornwall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Headingley Road | Under investigation |
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