Crime Statistics for Nechells, Birmingham, Birmingham, 2024

Crime statistics for Nechells, Birmingham

There were a total of 293 street level crime incidents in Nechells in January 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 Nechells, 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 Crime112
Vehicle Crime44
Other Theft30
Anti Social Behaviour21
Criminal Damage Arson18
Burglary15
Public Order12
Shoplifting11
Drugs10
Possession Of Weapons9
Robbery6
Other Crime3
Theft From The Person2
All Crime293

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Birchfield (1.39 miles)693
Saltley (1.24 miles)561
Birmingham (1.24 miles)561
Ward End (1.39 miles)533
Aston (0.62 miles)518
Stockland Green (1.24 miles)462
Washwood Heath (0.88 miles)412
Gravelly Hill (0.88 miles)350
Rea (0.62 miles)338
Nechells293

40.89%
of Nechells residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Nechells?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Birchfield295
Ward End232
Aston204
Saltley203
Birmingham203
Stockland Green195
Washwood Heath188
Gravelly Hill152
Rea143
Nechells112

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

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 Nechells 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 Nechells compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Nechells and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Nechells is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Gravelly Hill87
2Lozells79
3Birchfield79
4Ward End73
5Newtown68
6Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East62
7Nechells62
8Alum Rock62
9Aston60
10Bordesley Green56
11Heartlands56

Which road in Nechells has the highest level of crime?

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

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