Crime Statistics for Buckland End, Birmingham, Birmingham, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Buckland End in September 2024. There were a total of 451 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Buckland End, 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	205
Vehicle Crime	49
Shoplifting	42
Criminal Damage Arson	35
Public Order	25
Anti Social Behaviour	24
Other Theft	19
Drugs	13
Burglary	11
Other Crime	10
Robbery	7
Bicycle Theft	6
Possession Of Weapons	5
All Crime	451

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 Buckland End. 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 Buckland End

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Shard End (0.62 miles)	776
Bromford (1.75 miles)	563
Ward End (1.86 miles)	516
Hodgehill (1.24 miles)	486
Buckland End	451
Colehall	451
Lea Hall (1.24 miles)	392
Tile Cross (1.75 miles)	291
Castle Bromwich (0.88 miles)	277
Castle Vale (1.86 miles)	187

Where are the most violent places near Buckland End?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Shard End	337
Ward End	268
Bromford	247
Lea Hall	239
Hodgehill	234
Buckland End	205
Colehall	205
Castle Bromwich	166
Tile Cross	112
Castle Vale	57

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Buckland End?

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 Buckland End 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 Buckland End compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Buckland End and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Buckland End have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Sheldon.

#	Ward	Score
1	Shard End	86
2	Smith's Wood	76
3	Glebe Farm & Tile Cross	75
4	Garretts Green	75
5	Ward End	73
6	Bromford & Hodge Hill	71
7	Castle Vale	66
8	Castle Bromwich	64
9	Yardley East	63
10	Yardley West & Stechford	63
11	Sheldon	57

Which road in Buckland End has the highest level of crime?

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