Handsworth Wood
WardNorth west Birmingham. About 21,073 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 6.1 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 85% of people in Handsworth Wood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Handsworth Wood compares
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Is Handsworth Wood safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Handsworth Wood at a rate of 81.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 124.6 per 1,000 people across Birmingham.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 135 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Handsworth Wood.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (865), other crime (252) and vehicle crime (149).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Birmingham
These figures are published for the whole of Birmingham, not for each ward, so they describe all of Birmingham and not Handsworth Wood alone. See Birmingham
Handsworth Wood in brief
Handsworth Wood had 20,398 usual residents at the census.
About 85% of people in Handsworth Wood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Handsworth Wood, 97.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Handsworth Wood, 8.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.