Crime Statistics for Birchmoor, Warwickshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Birchmoor in September 2024. There were a total of 66 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 Birchmoor, 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	27
Vehicle Crime	14
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Other Theft	4
Burglary	4
Shoplifting	2
Other Crime	2
Public Order	2
Anti Social Behaviour	1
Robbery	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
Bicycle Theft	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	66

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 Birchmoor. 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 Birchmoor

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Tamworth (2.24 miles)	254
Belgrave (1.96 miles)	208
Alvecote (1.96 miles)	85
Birchmoor	66
Hockley (1.96 miles)	56
Polesworth (0.88 miles)	46
Hall End (0.62 miles)	30
Grendon (1.75 miles)	27
Dordon (0.88 miles)	27
Freasley (1.39 miles)	21

Where are the most violent places near Birchmoor?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Tamworth	98
Belgrave	78
Alvecote	38
Birchmoor	27
Hockley	25
Polesworth	19
Dordon	12
Hall End	7
Freasley	5
Grendon	3

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

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 Birchmoor 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 Birchmoor compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Glascote	74
2	Belgrave	63
3	Stonydelph	63
4	Bolehall	56
5	Dordon	50
6	Baddesley and Grendon	45
7	Wilnecote	37
8	Polesworth East	30
9	Newton Regis and Warton	29
10	Trinity	27
11	Polesworth West	17

Which road in Birchmoor has the highest level of crime?

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