Crime Statistics for California, Birmingham, 2024

There were a total of 275 street level crime incidents in California in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in California, 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	114
Criminal Damage Arson	26
Burglary	22
Other Theft	20
Public Order	19
Anti Social Behaviour	19
Vehicle Crime	19
Shoplifting	16
Possession Of Weapons	6
Other Crime	6
Robbery	3
Theft From The Person	2
Drugs	2
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	275

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 California. 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 California

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Bournbrook (1.96 miles)	352
Warley Woods (1.86 miles)	288
Harborne (0.88 miles)	282
California	275
Shenley Fields (1.39 miles)	266
Beech Lanes (1.24 miles)	244
Bartley Green	240
Lodge Hill (0.88 miles)	238
Griffins Hill (1.75 miles)	223
Lapal	112

Where are the most violent places near California?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Bournbrook	130
Shenley Fields	127
Warley Woods	120
Griffins Hill	117
California	114
Harborne	110
Bartley Green	106
Lodge Hill	101
Beech Lanes	93
Lapal	44

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

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 California 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 California compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to California and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. California is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Allens Cross	78
2	Bartley Green	74
3	Weoley & Selly Oak	71
4	Northfield	68
5	Harborne	62
6	Quinton	62
7	Bournbrook & Selly Park	56
8	Old Warley	56
9	Abbey	55
10	Belbroughton & Romsley	43
11	Halesowen South	42

Which road in California has the highest level of crime?

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