Crime Statistics for Aston, Birmingham, Birmingham, 2024

Crime statistics for Aston, Birmingham

There were a total of 518 street level crime incidents in Aston in January 2024. 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 Aston, 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 Crime204
Vehicle Crime53
Other Theft42
Anti Social Behaviour38
Burglary38
Criminal Damage Arson31
Shoplifting29
Public Order25
Robbery20
Drugs15
Possession Of Weapons12
Other Crime5
Theft From The Person3
Bicycle Theft3
All Crime518

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Aston. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Aston

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Netchells Green (1.24 miles)1489
Birchfield (0.88 miles)693
Saltley (1.39 miles)561
Birmingham (1.39 miles)561
Aston518
Stockland Green (1.39 miles)462
Washwood Heath (1.39 miles)412
Gravelly Hill (1.39 miles)350
Rea (1.24 miles)338
Nechells (0.62 miles)293

40.89%
of Nechells residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Aston?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Netchells Green375
Birchfield295
Aston204
Saltley203
Birmingham203
Stockland Green195
Washwood Heath188
Gravelly Hill152
Rea143
Nechells112

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

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 Aston 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 Aston compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Bordesley & Highgate80
2Lozells79
3Birchfield79
4Soho & Jewellery Quarter76
5Ladywood70
6Newtown68
7Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East62
8Nechells62
9Alum Rock62
10Aston60
11Bordesley Green56

Which road in Aston has the highest level of crime?

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

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