Crime Statistics for Highgate, Birmingham, Birmingham, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Highgate in September 2024. There were a total of 919 incidents. 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 Highgate, 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 Crime320
Vehicle Crime97
Anti Social Behaviour85
Other Theft81
Criminal Damage Arson76
Shoplifting47
Public Order42
Burglary41
Drugs38
Robbery33
Possession Of Weapons22
Theft From The Person21
Bicycle Theft8
Other Crime8
All Crime919

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

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

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Netchells Green (1.39 miles)1658
Bordesley (0.88 miles)1576
Highgate919
Ladywood (1.39 miles)825
Saltley (1.75 miles)728
Birmingham (1.75 miles)695
Sparkbrook (0.88 miles)626
Moseley (1.39 miles)494
Balsall Heath (0.62 miles)466
Edgbaston (1.39 miles)344

40.09%
of Balsall Heath West residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Highgate?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Netchells Green489
Bordesley437
Highgate320
Sparkbrook266
Saltley259
Ladywood251
Birmingham226
Moseley205
Balsall Heath170
Edgbaston89

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

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 Highgate 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 Highgate compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Bordesley & Highgate80
2Soho & Jewellery Quarter76
3Stirchley75
4Balsall Heath West71
5Moseley71
6Ladywood70
7Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East62
8Edgbaston59
9Bordesley Green56
10Bournbrook & Selly Park56
11Sparkhill54

Which road in Highgate has the highest level of crime?

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

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