Crime Statistics for Ward End, Birmingham, Birmingham, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Ward End in September 2024. There were a total of 516 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 Ward 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime268
Vehicle Crime41
Criminal Damage Arson38
Other Theft35
Public Order32
Anti Social Behaviour25
Burglary17
Possession Of Weapons14
Shoplifting13
Other Crime12
Robbery9
Drugs6
Theft From The Person4
Bicycle Theft2
All Crime516

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 Ward 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 Ward End

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Alum Rock (0.62 miles)934
Saltley (1.39 miles)728
Birmingham (1.39 miles)728
Rea (0.88 miles)700
Bromford (1.39 miles)563
Ward End516
Hodgehill (0.62 miles)486
Washwood Heath (0.62 miles)440
Birches Green (1.24 miles)356
Nechells (1.39 miles)333

35.74%
of Ward End residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Ward End?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Alum Rock492
Rea331
Ward End268
Saltley259
Birmingham259
Bromford247
Hodgehill234
Washwood Heath206
Birches Green177
Nechells147

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Ward 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 Ward 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 Ward End compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Ward End and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Ward End is ranked #2.

#WardScore
1Shard End86
2Ward End73
3Bromford & Hodge Hill71
4Yardley East63
5Yardley West & Stechford63
6Nechells62
7Alum Rock62
8South Yardley61
9Bordesley Green56
10Heartlands56
11Small Heath48

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

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

Last updated: September 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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