Crime Statistics for Sparkbrook, Birmingham, Birmingham, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Sparkbrook in September 2024. There were a total of 626 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Sparkbrook, 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	266
Anti Social Behaviour	59
Other Theft	54
Vehicle Crime	48
Criminal Damage Arson	47
Public Order	33
Shoplifting	27
Burglary	21
Possession Of Weapons	19
Robbery	19
Drugs	13
Other Crime	13
Bicycle Theft	5
Theft From The Person	2
All Crime	626

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 Sparkbrook. 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 Sparkbrook

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Bordesley (1.24 miles)	1626
Highgate (0.88 miles)	919
Sparkbrook	626
Bordesley Green (1.75 miles)	611
Little Bromwich (1.75 miles)	611
Moseley (0.62 miles)	494
Sparkhill (0.88 miles)	480
Balsall Heath (0.62 miles)	470
Edgbaston (1.86 miles)	344
Moor Green (1.75 miles)	289

Where are the most violent places near Sparkbrook?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Bordesley	491
Highgate	320
Sparkbrook	266
Bordesley Green	253
Little Bromwich	253
Sparkhill	209
Moseley	205
Balsall Heath	180
Moor Green	160
Edgbaston	89

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

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 Sparkbrook 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 Sparkbrook compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Sparkbrook and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Sparkbrook is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bordesley & Highgate	80
2	Stirchley	75
3	Billesley	73
4	Balsall Heath West	71
5	Moseley	71
6	Brandwood & King's Heath	67
7	Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East	62
8	Hall Green North	57
9	Bordesley Green	56
10	Sparkhill	54
11	Small Heath	48

Which road in Sparkbrook has the highest level of crime?

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