Crime Rate in Yardley East, ward

Yardley East has the 21st lowest crime rate of 69 wards in Birmingham district and the 2422nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 236th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Yardley East in the last 12 months was 85.3 per 1,000 residents and was 33.9% lower than the Birmingham district average (129.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Yardley East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 568 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , down -20.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 23.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -38.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 718 (≈ 48.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Yardley East ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 264 crimes here, including 155 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.