Crime Rates at Soho Road, Birmingham, B21 9SF

Soho Road area has the highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Handsworth Wood , and the 164th 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 9SF) in the last 12 months was 355.5 per 1,000 residents and was 386.7% higher than the Handsworth Wood average (73.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -52.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 85 (≈ 182.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Soho Road (B21 9SF), 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.