Total Crime Rate
1002.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Soho Road area has the highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 30th 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 Soho Road (B21 9SA) in the last 12 months was 1002.7 per 1,000 residents and was 422.2% higher 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 127 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 187 (≈ 509.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Soho Road (B21 9SA), the main crime hotspot is near Barn Lane. Police recorded 118 crimes here, including 66 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 | Burglary | Louise Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Barn Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Soho Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tara Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Trafalgar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Murdock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Louise Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Murdock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Linwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Perry Mill Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dawson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Douglas Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chantry Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodstock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Soho Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Louise Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Louise Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Barn Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whateley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
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