Crime Rate in Ward End, ward

Ward End has the 16th lowest crime rate of 69 wards in Birmingham district and the 2717th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 269th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Ward End in the last 12 months was 80.2 per 1,000 residents and was 37.8% lower than the Birmingham district average (129.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Ward End’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 656 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 8 cases , up 14.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -39.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 806 (≈ 50.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Ward End ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Petrol Station, with 95 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Tufnell Grove (46 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.