Crime Statistics for Barston, Solihull, Solihull, 2024

There were a total of 2 street level crime incidents in Barston in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Vehicle Crime, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Vehicle Crime	1
Violent Crime	1
All Crime	2

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 Barston. 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 Barston

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Knowle (1.75 miles)	52
Copt Heath (1.96 miles)	44
Catherine-de-Barnes (2.24 miles)	26
Balsall Common (1.96 miles)	24
Hampton in Arden (1.86 miles)	13
Hook End (1.24 miles)	12
Balsall Street (1.76 miles)	7
Walsal End (0.62 miles)	2
Temple Balsall (1.86 miles)	2
Barston	2

Where are the most violent places near Barston?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Knowle	21
Copt Heath	19
Balsall Common	10
Catherine-de-Barnes	8
Hampton in Arden	5
Hook End	4
Balsall Street	3
Walsal End	1
Temple Balsall	1
Barston	1

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

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 Barston 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 Barston compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Bickenhill	53
2	Elmdon	40
3	Silhill	36
4	Woodlands	35
5	Shirley East	35
6	Kenilworth Abbey & Arden	33
7	Meriden	28
8	Shirley South	20
9	St Alphege	18
10	Dorridge and Hockley Heath	17
11	Knowle	14

Which road in Barston has the highest level of crime?

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