Crime Statistics for Birmingham, , 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Birmingham in September 2024. There were a total of 728 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime259
Vehicle Crime95
Other Theft63
Anti Social Behaviour61
Shoplifting58
Public Order45
Criminal Damage Arson37
Burglary32
Possession Of Weapons23
Robbery19
Drugs13
Theft From The Person12
Other Crime7
Bicycle Theft4
All Crime728

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 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.

LocationCrime Incidents
Alum Rock (1.24 miles)934
Birmingham728
Netchells Green (0.62 miles)27
Bordesley (0.88 miles)25
Washwood Heath (0.88 miles)4
Ward End (1.39 miles)3
Nechells (1.24 miles)3
Saltley2
Bordesley Green (0.88 miles)1
Little Bromwich (0.88 miles)1

46.34%
of Bordesley & Highgate residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



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.

LocationViolent Incidents
Alum Rock492
Birmingham259
Bordesley10
Netchells Green5
Ward End3
Washwood Heath2
Nechells1
Bordesley Green1
Little Bromwich1
Saltley0

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.

#WardScore
1Bordesley & Highgate80
2Balsall Heath West71
3Ladywood70
4Newtown68
5Tyseley & Hay Mills63
6Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East62
7Alum Rock62
8Bordesley Green56
9Heartlands56
10Sparkhill54
11Small Heath48

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.

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