Yardley Wood East
Middle areaSouth Birmingham. 8,344 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Yardley Wood East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Yardley Wood East
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Yardley Wood East at a rate of 55.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 124.6 per 1,000 people across Birmingham.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 217 |
| Vehicle crime | 85 |
| Other crime | 60 |
| Burglary | 34 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 34 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 13 |
| Drug offences | 5 |
| Theft from the person | 5 |
| Shoplifting | 4 |
| Robbery | 2 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Yardley Wood East compares
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Is Yardley Wood East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Yardley Wood East at a rate of 55.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 124.6 per 1,000 people across Birmingham.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 33 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Yardley Wood East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (217), vehicle crime (85) and other crime (60).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Birmingham
These figures are published for the whole of Birmingham, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Birmingham and not Yardley Wood East alone. See Birmingham
Yardley Wood East in brief
The median price paid for a home in Yardley Wood East was £309,500 in 2025.
Yardley Wood East had 8,210 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Yardley Wood East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Yardley Wood East, 98.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.