Crime Statistics for Berkswell, Solihull, Solihull, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Berkswell in September 2024. There were a total of 11 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Berkswell, 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	3
Shoplifting	3
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Burglary	1
Vehicle Crime	1
Public Order	1
All Crime	11

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 Berkswell. 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 Berkswell

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Hockley (1.86 miles)	101
Upper Eastern Green (1.96 miles)	43
Balsall Common (1.39 miles)	24
Balsall (1.96 miles)	22
Carol Green (1.39 miles)	20
Reeves Green (1.75 miles)	18
Berkswell	11
Eaves Green (1.96 miles)	7
Four Oaks (0.62 miles)	2
Benton Green (0.62 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Berkswell?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Hockley	56
Upper Eastern Green	24
Reeves Green	9
Balsall	7
Balsall Common	6
Carol Green	4
Berkswell	3
Eaves Green	3
Four Oaks	2
Benton Green	2

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

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 Berkswell 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 Berkswell compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Berkswell and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Berkswell is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Sherbourne	54
2	Bablake	53
3	Bickenhill	53
4	Westwood	43
5	Whoberley	42
6	Woodlands	35
7	Kenilworth Abbey & Arden	33
8	Meriden	28
9	Kenilworth Park Hill	24
10	Dorridge and Hockley Heath	17
11	Knowle	14

Which road in Berkswell has the highest level of crime?

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