Crime Statistics for Highgate, Birmingham, Birmingham, 2024

There were a total of 808 street level crime incidents in Highgate in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	297
Other Theft	70
Anti Social Behaviour	70
Vehicle Crime	70
Criminal Damage Arson	52
Public Order	48
Robbery	40
Drugs	39
Theft From The Person	33
Burglary	32
Shoplifting	23
Other Crime	13
Bicycle Theft	11
Possession Of Weapons	10
All Crime	808

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 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.

Location	Crime Incidents
Netchells Green (1.39 miles)	1354
Bordesley (0.88 miles)	1314
Highgate	808
Ladywood (1.39 miles)	608
Birmingham (1.75 miles)	594
Sparkbrook (0.88 miles)	583
Saltley (1.75 miles)	561
Moseley (1.39 miles)	475
Balsall Heath (0.62 miles)	409
Edgbaston (1.39 miles)	310

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.

Location	Violent Incidents
Bordesley	406
Netchells Green	395
Highgate	297
Sparkbrook	250
Ladywood	231
Saltley	203
Moseley	197
Birmingham	194
Balsall Heath	172
Edgbaston	106

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.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bordesley & Highgate	80
2	Soho & Jewellery Quarter	76
3	Stirchley	75
4	Balsall Heath West	71
5	Moseley	71
6	Ladywood	70
7	Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East	62
8	Edgbaston	59
9	Bordesley Green	56
10	Bournbrook & Selly Park	56
11	Sparkhill	54

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 Speedwell Road.