Crime Statistics for Acocks Green, Birmingham, Birmingham, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Acocks Green in September 2024. There were a total of 561 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Acocks Green, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime218
Shoplifting60
Criminal Damage Arson44
Vehicle Crime44
Other Theft37
Burglary34
Anti Social Behaviour34
Public Order32
Drugs16
Other Crime14
Possession Of Weapons10
Robbery10
Theft From The Person6
Bicycle Theft2
All Crime561

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Acocks Green. 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 Acocks Green

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Acocks Green561
Springfield (1.76 miles)3
Hall Green (1.24 miles)3
South Yardley (0.88 miles)2
Tyseley (0.62 miles)2
Stockfield (0.88 miles)2
Sparkhill (1.24 miles)1
Gilbertstone (1.39 miles)0
Moseley (1.86 miles)0
Ulverley Green (1.76 miles)0

32.77%
of Tyseley & Hay Mills residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Acocks Green?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Acocks Green218
South Yardley4
Stockfield4
Springfield2
Hall Green2
Tyseley2
Sparkhill1
Gilbertstone0
Moseley0
Ulverley Green0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Acocks Green?

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 Acocks Green 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 Acocks Green compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Acocks Green and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Acocks Green is ranked #4.

#WardScore
1Billesley73
2Acocks Green72
3Moseley71
4Tyseley & Hay Mills63
5South Yardley61
6Hall Green North57
7Sparkhill54
8Hall Green South51
9Small Heath48
10Lyndon48
11Olton44

Which road in Acocks Green has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: September 2024
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