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Crime · Handsworth
Reported crime in central Handsworth
3,285 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 110 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
3,285
Rate / 1,000
110
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,140 | 35% |
| Anti social behaviour | 645 | 20% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 308 | 9% |
| Burglary | 223 | 7% |
| Vehicle crime | 218 | 7% |
| Public order | 213 | 6% |
| Other theft | 178 | 5% |
| Shoplifting | 112 | 3% |
| Other crime | 80 | 2% |
| Drugs | 79 | 2% |
| Robbery | 45 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 33 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 10 | 0% |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 100 | 87 | 123 | 107 | 78 | 78 | 97 | 78 | 107 | 87 | 85 | 113 | 1140 |
| Anti social behaviour | 71 | 67 | 43 | 64 | 48 | 42 | 50 | 32 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 48 | 645 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 15 | 11 | 31 | 40 | 27 | 36 | 29 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 16 | 29 | 308 |
| Burglary | 12 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 22 | 30 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 223 |
| Vehicle crime | 23 | 16 | 22 | 21 | 28 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 218 |
| Public order | 10 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 24 | 213 |
| Other theft | 19 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 178 |
| Shoplifting | 9 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 112 |
| Other crime | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 80 |
| Drugs | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 79 |
| Robbery | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 45 | ||
| Possession of weapons | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 33 | |
| Theft from the person | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 280 | 256 | 301 | 324 | 270 | 273 | 285 | 217 | 277 | 268 | 259 | 275 | 3285 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Handsworth, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 29,943.