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Crime · The Birches
Reported crime in central The Birches
1,180 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 51 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
1,180
Rate / 1,000
51
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 489 | 41% |
| Anti social behaviour | 110 | 9% |
| Other theft | 96 | 8% |
| Shoplifting | 95 | 8% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 94 | 8% |
| Public order | 78 | 7% |
| Vehicle crime | 73 | 6% |
| Burglary | 47 | 4% |
| Drugs | 46 | 4% |
| Other crime | 26 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 8 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 8 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 7 | 1% |
| Robbery | 3 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 30 | 42 | 46 | 43 | 30 | 43 | 46 | 35 | 41 | 38 | 47 | 48 | 489 |
| Anti social behaviour | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 26 | 17 | 110 |
| Other theft | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 96 |
| Shoplifting | 6 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 95 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 8 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 94 |
| Public order | 8 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 78 | |
| Vehicle crime | 8 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 73 |
| Burglary | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 47 |
| Drugs | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 46 | |
| Other crime | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 26 | ||
| Possession of weapons | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||||||
| Theft from the person | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Robbery | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Total | 84 | 98 | 103 | 81 | 63 | 97 | 113 | 87 | 97 | 116 | 129 | 112 | 1180 |
FewerMore
police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering The Birches, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 23,284.