Crime · Handsworth Wood

Reported crime in central Handsworth Wood

Name: Handsworth Wood crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

6,453 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 125 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

6,453

Rate / 1,000

125

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	3,090	48%
Criminal damage and arson	489	8%
Vehicle crime	463	7%
Other theft	367	6%
Public order	360	6%
Burglary	325	5%
Shoplifting	304	5%
Drugs	234	4%
Anti social behaviour	217	3%
Robbery	187	3%
Possession of weapons	179	3%
Other crime	123	2%
Theft from the person	92	1%
Bicycle theft	23	0%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	300	277	258	273	218	274	222	197	242	271	263	295	3090
Criminal damage and arson	46	33	41	40	42	42	33	33	38	41	60	40	489
Vehicle crime	30	38	28	43	45	34	40	49	43	34	37	42	463
Other theft	43	40	24	21	29	33	27	25	29	27	28	41	367
Public order	39	35	26	26	19	28	24	20	43	22	36	42	360
Burglary	26	33	33	23	28	27	17	36	26	26	32	18	325
Shoplifting	25	17	22	22	20	28	26	32	30	30	27	25	304
Drugs	31	21	20	20	17	15	11	19	15	15	31	19	234
Anti social behaviour	38	29	26	20	14	10	6	12	11	18	8	25	217
Robbery	24	12	19	17	16	11	11	16	14	14	20	13	187
Possession of weapons	28	13	7	18	21	11	12	12	9	14	25	9	179
Other crime	10	4	14	13	8	6	9	14	11	6	11	17	123
Theft from the person	8	6	11	4	5	9	5	8	11	7	10	8	92
Bicycle theft	6	2	1	1	1	1	1	1		4		5	23
Total	654	560	530	541	483	529	444	474	522	529	588	599	6453

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Handsworth Wood, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 51,427.