Birmingham crime rate
Overview of Birmingham crime rate
The predominant crime categories in Birmingham include Violence and sexual offences (41.3%), Vehicle crime (9.1%), and Other theft (7.3%), with the least common being Other crimes (1.4%), Theft from the person (1.4%), and Bicycle theft (0.6%).
Among its 69 wards, the highest crime rates are found in Ladywood (446.0), Bordesley & Highgate (423.5), and Nechells (324.0). The safest wards are Hall Green South (55.3), Sutton Roughley (54.2), and Sutton Four Oaks (39.6).
In terms of Postcode districts overlapping with Birmingham, the highest crime rates are observed in B2 (3878.4), B3 (615.2), and B1 (475.4), while the safest include B62 (63.3), B47 (55.7), and B74 (44.8).
Birmingham crime incidents by crime type
- Violence and sexual offences – 66462 (41.3)%
- Vehicle crime – 14710 (9.1)%
- Other theft – 11738 (7.3)%
- Public order – 11499 (7.1)%
- Criminal damage and arson – 11397 (7.1)%
- Anti-social behaviour – 10464 (6.5)%
- Shoplifting – 8850 (5.5)%
- Burglary – 8701 (5.4)%
- Robbery – 4782 (3.0)%
- Drugs – 3568 (2.2)%
- Possession of weapons – 3197 (2.0)%
- Other crime – 2319 (1.4)%
- Theft from the person – 2275 (1.4)%
- Bicycle theft – 1002 (0.6)%
How does Birmingham compare against nearby areas ?
List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):
Heat map for all nearby areas Birmingham is compared against
Crime rates in Birmingham wards
There are 69 wards within Birmingham. Ladywood, Bordesley & Highgate, Nechells has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.
List of all 69 wards from high crime rate to low.
- Ladywood (446.0)
- Bordesley & Highgate (423.5)
- Nechells (324.0)
- Soho & Jewellery Quarter (238.5)
- Handsworth (210.7)
- Bordesley Green (190.5)
- Newtown (Birmingham) (187.3)
- South Yardley (185.4)
- Gravelly Hill (174.3)
- Stockland Green (163.9)
- Edgbaston (159.1)
- Pype Hayes (155.8)
- Birchfield (Birmingham) (155.6)
- Acocks Green (151.8)
- Northfield (Birmingham) (151.7)
- North Edgbaston (151.7)
- Sutton Trinity (149.7)
- Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East (148.6)
- King’s Norton South (147.8)
- Erdington (147.7)
- Glebe Farm & Tile Cross (147.6)
- Shard End (146.9)
- Yardley West & Stechford (143.5)
- Tyseley & Hay Mills (140.5)
- King’s Norton North (137.1)
- Lozells (136.6)
- Perry Barr (135.2)
- Rubery & Rednal (134.8)
- Castle Vale (134.3)
- Highter’s Heath (132.2)
- Holyhead (131.9)
- Garretts Green (131.6)
- Sheldon (130.3)
- Aston (Birmingham) (130.2)
- Brandwood & King’s Heath (130.2)
- Longbridge & West Heath (129.6)
- Bromford & Hodge Hill (128.4)
- Allens Cross (127.9)
- Bartley Green (124.4)
- Frankley Great Park (124.0)
- Heartlands (123.0)
- Kingstanding (122.2)
- Harborne (118.0)
- Ward End (117.8)
- Stirchley (113.8)
- Bournville & Cotteridge (112.4)
- Weoley & Selly Oak (110.7)
- Sparkhill (110.5)
- Perry Common (110.3)
- Bournbrook & Selly Park (109.3)
- Balsall Heath West (109.3)
- Druids Heath & Monyhull (108.6)
- Moseley (107.4)
- Sutton Reddicap (104.4)
- Handsworth Wood (103.0)
- Billesley (100.9)
- Oscott (99.8)
- Alum Rock (97.6)
- Quinton (Birmingham) (96.6)
- Hall Green North (91.9)
- Sutton Vesey (84.3)
- Small Heath (83.8)
- Yardley East (82.5)
- Sutton Wylde Green (75.2)
- Sutton Walmley & Minworth (65.6)
- Sutton Mere Green (61.9)
- Hall Green South (55.3)
- Sutton Roughley (54.2)
- Sutton Four Oaks (39.6)
Analyze trends and crime types for Birmingham wards
Crime rates in postcode districts under Birmingham
There are 54 postcode districts/outcodes under or overlapping with Birmingham. Highest crime rates in B2, B3, B1 .
- B2 – 3878.4
- B3 – 615.2
- B1 – 475.4
- B4 – 441.9
- B5 – 432.8
- B18 – 232.6
- B15 – 210.2
- B7 – 193.3
- B21 – 181.1
- B6 – 175.7
- B25 – 170.8
- B12 – 165.9
- B37 – 165.5
- B23 – 163.3
- B19 – 161.2
- B33 – 155.0
- B27 – 154.7
- B66 – 146.5
- B9 – 143.7
- B16 – 143.5
- B35 – 141.8
- B34 – 135.8
- B24 – 132.5
- B31 – 131.4
- B38 – 131.2
- B26 – 129.9
- B14 – 128.2
- B10 – 122.7
- B72 – 121.4
- B11 – 116.5
- B17 – 115.6
- B29 – 115.2
- B32 – 115.0
- B20 – 113.3
- B8 – 111.0
- B45 – 107.8
- B44 – 106.9
- B36 – 106.1
- B42 – 104.2
- B30 – 101.9
- B13 – 98.9
- B73 – 90.0
- B67 – 88.2
- B68 – 85.7
- B92 – 80.7
- B28 – 80.0
- B43 – 77.4
- B75 – 75.4
- B76 – 74.7
- B80 – 71.1
- B48 – 64.9
- B62 – 63.3
- B47 – 55.7
- B74 – 44.8
Postcode districts in Birmingham
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