Total Crime Rate
138.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Holder Road area has the 45th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 906th 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 Holder Road (B25 8AP) in the last 12 months was 138.1 per 1,000 residents and was 1.8% lower than the Acocks Green average (140.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -12.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 74.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holder Road (B25 8AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Forest Road, where police recorded 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Geraldine Road (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Washford Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Steel Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Forest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Forest Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flora Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flora Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flora Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Washford Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Kathleen Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kathleen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elgin Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elgin Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Elgin Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elgin Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elgin Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elgin Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Holder Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Steel Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henshaw Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Forest Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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