Crime Rate in South Yardley, ward

South Yardley has the 9th highest crime rate of 69 wards in Birmingham district and the 788th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 54th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in South Yardley in the last 12 months was 138.0 per 1,000 residents and was 7.0% higher than the Birmingham district average (129.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, South Yardley’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 582 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 6 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 772 (≈ 62.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the South Yardley ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Petrol Station, with 216 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Shopping Area (54 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.