Total Crime Rate

204.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 204.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 26.5 7/10
  • Other theft 19.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.2 6/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Robbery 7.2 8/10
  • Burglary 4.8 5/10
  • Drugs 4.8 5/10
  • Other crime 4.8 7/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Old Walsall Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Handsworth Wood , and the 500th 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 Old Walsall Road (B42 1DT) in the last 12 months was 204.8 per 1,000 residents and was 180.5% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 700.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 101.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 121.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Walsall Road (B42 1DT), the main crime hotspot is near Hamstead. Police recorded 77 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Old Walsall Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montana Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hamstead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richmond Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hamstead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Hamstead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montana Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hamstead Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Montana Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamstead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montana Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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