Crime Statistics for Edgbaston, Birmingham, Birmingham, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Edgbaston in October 2024. There were a total of 381 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 Edgbaston, 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	105
Shoplifting	46
Other Theft	42
Anti Social Behaviour	36
Vehicle Crime	33
Burglary	30
Public Order	27
Criminal Damage Arson	24
Bicycle Theft	19
Theft From The Person	7
Drugs	4
Robbery	4
Other Crime	3
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	381

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Ladywood (1.24 miles)	1214
Highgate (1.39 miles)	889
Sparkbrook (1.86 miles)	653
Stirchley (1.86 miles)	602
Harborne (1.86 miles)	548
Ten Acres (1.86 miles)	498
Balsall Heath (1.24 miles)	466
Moor Green (1.39 miles)	436
Edgbaston	379
Bournbrook (1.39 miles)	103

Where are the most violent places near Edgbaston?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Ladywood	493
Highgate	307
Sparkbrook	296
Ten Acres	230
Stirchley	222
Harborne	210
Balsall Heath	170
Moor Green	126
Edgbaston	105
Bournbrook	97

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

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 Edgbaston 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 Edgbaston compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Edgbaston and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Resident in Edgbaston have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Bordesley & Highgate.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bordesley & Highgate	80
2	North Edgbaston	75
3	Stirchley	75
4	Balsall Heath West	71
5	Weoley & Selly Oak	71
6	Moseley	71
7	Ladywood	70
8	Harborne	62
9	Bournville & Cotteridge	60
10	Edgbaston	59
11	Bournbrook & Selly Park	56

Which road in Edgbaston has the highest level of crime?

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