Crime Rate in Shard End, ward

Shard End has the 30th highest crime rate of 69 wards in Birmingham district and the 1527th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 138th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Shard End in the last 12 months was 106.6 per 1,000 residents and was 17.3% lower than the Birmingham district average (129.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Shard End’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 680 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 4 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -32.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 810 (≈ 62.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Shard End ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 83 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.