Crime Statistics for Minworth, Birmingham, Birmingham, 2024

There were a total of 119 street level crime incidents in Minworth 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 Minworth, 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	41
Vehicle Crime	17
Public Order	12
Criminal Damage Arson	11
Other Theft	10
Shoplifting	10
Anti Social Behaviour	9
Burglary	4
Other Crime	1
Drugs	1
Robbery	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	119

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 Minworth. 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 Minworth

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Shard End (2.48 miles)	426
Castle Bromwich (1.86 miles)	298
Bromford (2.24 miles)	270
Tyburn (1.39 miles)	214
Castle Vale (0.88 miles)	177
Walmley (1.39 miles)	162
Reddicap Heath (2.24 miles)	155
Minworth	119
Water Orton (1.39 miles)	92
Curdworth (1.24 miles)	37

Where are the most violent places near Minworth?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Shard End	218
Castle Bromwich	141
Bromford	131
Tyburn	103
Castle Vale	73
Reddicap Heath	56
Walmley	55
Water Orton	42
Minworth	41
Curdworth	16

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

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 Minworth 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 Minworth compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Shard End	86
2	Kingshurst and Fordbridge	85
3	Smith's Wood	76
4	Castle Vale	66
5	Castle Bromwich	64
6	Erdington	60
7	Pype Hayes	55
8	Water Orton	49
9	Curdworth	35
10	Sutton Wylde Green	35
11	Sutton Walmley & Minworth	24

Which road in Minworth has the highest level of crime?

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