Total Crime Rate
516.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Soho Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 83rd 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 9ST) in the last 12 months was 516.1 per 1,000 residents and was 168.8% 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 85 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 125 (≈ 288.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Soho Road (B21 9ST), the main crime hotspot is near Soho Road. Police recorded 99 crimes here, including 60 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 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stafford Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Leyton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Highbury Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Leyton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Highbury Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stafford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stafford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Leyton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Leyton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Leyton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stafford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marrowfat Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marrowfat Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marrowfat Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marrowfat Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marrowfat Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marrowfat Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Union Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grasmere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashwin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Soho Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leyton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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