Crime Rates at St Margarets Road, Ward End, Birmingham, B8 2BA

St Margarets Road area has the 49th highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Bromford & Hodge Hill , and the 1262nd highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Margarets Road (B8 2BA) in the last 12 months was 105.4 per 1,000 residents and was 14.3% lower than the Bromford & Hodge Hill average (123.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 69.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Margarets Road (B8 2BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church Walk, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Monk Road (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.