Crime Statistics for Birmingham, , 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Birmingham in October 2024. There were a total of 695 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 Birmingham, 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	226
Vehicle Crime	79
Shoplifting	60
Criminal Damage Arson	59
Anti Social Behaviour	56
Other Theft	56
Public Order	39
Robbery	28
Drugs	25
Burglary	20
Possession Of Weapons	18
Bicycle Theft	10
Other Crime	10
Theft From The Person	9
All Crime	695

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 Birmingham. 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 Birmingham

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Netchells Green (0.62 miles)	2766
Bordesley (0.88 miles)	1576
Alum Rock (1.24 miles)	1013
Saltley	695
Birmingham	695
Ward End (1.39 miles)	597
Bordesley Green (0.88 miles)	576
Little Bromwich (0.88 miles)	576
Washwood Heath (0.88 miles)	448
Nechells (1.24 miles)	376

Where are the most violent places near Birmingham?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Netchells Green	767
Alum Rock	494
Bordesley	437
Ward End	277
Saltley	226
Birmingham	226
Washwood Heath	208
Bordesley Green	206
Little Bromwich	206
Nechells	156

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

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 Birmingham 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 Birmingham compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Bordesley & Highgate	80
2	Balsall Heath West	71
3	Ladywood	70
4	Newtown	68
5	Tyseley & Hay Mills	63
6	Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East	62
7	Alum Rock	62
8	Bordesley Green	56
9	Heartlands	56
10	Sparkhill	54
11	Small Heath	48

Which road in Birmingham has the highest level of crime?

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