Crime Statistics for Billesley Common, Birmingham, Birmingham, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Billesley Common in September 2024. There were a total of 321 incidents. 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 Billesley Common, 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	121
Criminal Damage Arson	34
Vehicle Crime	34
Other Theft	29
Anti Social Behaviour	27
Public Order	20
Shoplifting	20
Other Crime	10
Burglary	10
Robbery	8
Possession Of Weapons	5
Drugs	2
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	321

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 Billesley Common. 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 Billesley Common

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Billesley Common	321
Alcester Lane’s End (0.62 miles)	317
Billesley (0.62 miles)	286
Hollywood (1.86 miles)	45
Cole (1.78 miles)	11
Hasluck’s Green (1.76 miles)	10
Moor Green (1.75 miles)	3
Springfield (0.88 miles)	3
Warstock (0.88 miles)	2
Moseley (1.86 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Billesley Common?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Alcester Lane’s End	135
Billesley Common	121
Billesley	95
Hollywood	11
Cole	2
Hasluck’s Green	2
Springfield	2
Warstock	2
Moor Green	0
Moseley	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Billesley Common?

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 Billesley Common 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 Billesley Common compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Billesley Common and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Billesley Common is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	King's Norton South	85
2	Druids Heath & Monyhull	78
3	Billesley	73
4	Highter's Heath	67
5	Brandwood & King's Heath	67
6	Wythall East	58
7	Shirley West	56
8	Hall Green South	51
9	Wythall West	50
10	Drakes Cross	46
11	Hollywood	37

Which road in Billesley Common has the highest level of crime?

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