Crime Statistics for Bromford, Birmingham, Birmingham, 2024

There were a total of 270 street level crime incidents in Bromford in February 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 Bromford, 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	131
Vehicle Crime	25
Anti Social Behaviour	17
Other Theft	15
Criminal Damage Arson	15
Burglary	13
Shoplifting	12
Public Order	10
Robbery	8
Drugs	8
Other Crime	7
Possession Of Weapons	5
Theft From The Person	4
All Crime	270

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Bromford. 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 Bromford

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Erdington (0.88 miles)	516
Ward End (1.39 miles)	504
Hodgehill (1.24 miles)	458
Colehall (1.75 miles)	417
Rea (1.39 miles)	389
Gravelly Hill (1.24 miles)	376
Birches Green (0.62 miles)	349
Bromford	270
Tyburn (0.88 miles)	214
Castle Vale (1.39 miles)	177

Where are the most violent places near Bromford?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Erdington	253
Ward End	216
Colehall	205
Hodgehill	203
Gravelly Hill	171
Rea	163
Birches Green	159
Bromford	131
Tyburn	103
Castle Vale	73

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

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 Bromford 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 Bromford compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bromford and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bromford is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Gravelly Hill	87
2	Shard End	86
3	Stockland Green	74
4	Ward End	73
5	Bromford & Hodge Hill	71
6	Castle Vale	66
7	Castle Bromwich	64
8	Nechells	62
9	Erdington	60
10	Pype Hayes	55
11	Sutton Wylde Green	35

Which road in Bromford has the highest level of crime?

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