Crime Rate in King's Norton North, ward

King's Norton North has the 34th highest crime rate of 69 wards in Birmingham district and the 1741st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 149th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in King's Norton North in the last 12 months was 100.6 per 1,000 residents and was 22.0% lower than the Birmingham district average (129.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, King's Norton North’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 500 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , down -42.9% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 15.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 615 (≈ 50.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the King's Norton North ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 95 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Westcroft Grove (37 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.