Crime Statistics for Colehall, Birmingham, Birmingham, 2024

Crime statistics for Colehall, Birmingham

There were a total of 417 street level crime incidents in Colehall in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Colehall, 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 Crime205
Burglary32
Vehicle Crime31
Criminal Damage Arson28
Public Order26
Shoplifting24
Anti Social Behaviour18
Other Theft14
Drugs11
Possession Of Weapons11
Other Crime10
Robbery5
Bicycle Theft1
Theft From The Person1
All Crime417

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 Colehall. 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 Colehall

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Ward End (1.86 miles)504
Hodgehill (1.24 miles)458
Shard End (0.62 miles)426
Buckland End417
Colehall417
Lea Hall (1.24 miles)401
Tile Cross (1.75 miles)365
Castle Bromwich (0.88 miles)298
Bromford (1.75 miles)270
Castle Vale (1.86 miles)177

10.3%
of Shard End residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Colehall?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Shard End218
Ward End216
Buckland End205
Colehall205
Hodgehill203
Lea Hall202
Tile Cross179
Castle Bromwich141
Bromford131
Castle Vale73

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

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 Colehall 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 Colehall compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Shard End86
2Smith's Wood76
3Glebe Farm & Tile Cross75
4Garretts Green75
5Ward End73
6Bromford & Hodge Hill71
7Castle Vale66
8Castle Bromwich64
9Yardley East63
10Yardley West & Stechford63
11Sheldon57

Which road in Colehall has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
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