Crime Statistics for Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, Birmingham, 2024

There were a total of 734 street level crime incidents in Handsworth Wood in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Handsworth Wood, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	356
Criminal Damage Arson	57
Anti Social Behaviour	47
Vehicle Crime	47
Other Theft	44
Burglary	39
Public Order	33
Robbery	31
Possession Of Weapons	21
Drugs	16
Theft From The Person	15
Other Crime	13
Shoplifting	13
Bicycle Theft	2
All Crime	734

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Handsworth Wood. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Handsworth Wood

We've taken the ten nearest places to Handsworth Wood and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Handsworth Wood has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Handsworth Wood	734
Gib Heath (1.24 miles)	679
Birchfield (1.24 miles)	655
Tame (0.67 miles)	602
Aston (1.96 miles)	524
Brown’s Green (0.88 miles)	418
Handsworth (1.24 miles)	398
Sandwell (1.96 miles)	360
Tower Hill (1.24 miles)	251
Tame Valley Canal (1.32 miles)	246

Where are the most violent places near Handsworth Wood?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Handsworth Wood and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Handsworth Wood	356
Tame	290
Birchfield	281
Gib Heath	249
Brown’s Green	199
Aston	183
Sandwell	180
Handsworth	169
Tower Hill	128
Tame Valley Canal	115

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Handsworth Wood?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Handsworth Wood to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Handsworth Wood compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Handsworth Wood and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Handsworth Wood have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is St Pauls.

#	Ward	Score
1	Handsworth	83
2	Lozells	79
3	Birchfield	79
4	Holyhead	76
5	Soho & Jewellery Quarter	76
6	West Bromwich Central	74
7	Newtown	68
8	Handsworth Wood	66
9	Soho and Victoria	63
10	Aston	60
11	St Pauls	54

Which road in Handsworth Wood has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Handsworth Wood with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.