Crime Statistics for Nechells, Birmingham, Birmingham, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Nechells in October 2024. There were a total of 376 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 Nechells, 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	156
Vehicle Crime	39
Other Theft	31
Criminal Damage Arson	30
Anti Social Behaviour	25
Shoplifting	18
Public Order	15
Robbery	13
Drugs	12
Burglary	12
Other Crime	11
Possession Of Weapons	10
Theft From The Person	4
All Crime	376

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 Nechells. 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 Nechells

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Birchfield (1.39 miles)	710
Saltley (1.24 miles)	695
Birmingham (1.24 miles)	695
Ward End (1.39 miles)	597
Stockland Green (1.24 miles)	553
Aston (0.62 miles)	484
Washwood Heath (0.88 miles)	448
Rea (0.62 miles)	420
Gravelly Hill (0.88 miles)	381
Nechells	376

Where are the most violent places near Nechells?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Birchfield	303
Ward End	277
Saltley	226
Birmingham	226
Stockland Green	223
Washwood Heath	208
Aston	201
Gravelly Hill	197
Rea	184
Nechells	156

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

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 Nechells 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 Nechells compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Nechells and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Nechells is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Gravelly Hill	87
2	Lozells	79
3	Birchfield	79
4	Ward End	73
5	Newtown	68
6	Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East	62
7	Nechells	62
8	Alum Rock	62
9	Aston	60
10	Bordesley Green	56
11	Heartlands	56

Which road in Nechells has the highest level of crime?

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