Yardley Wood West
Middle areaSouth Birmingham. 6,893 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Yardley Wood West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Yardley Wood West
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Yardley Wood West at a rate of 85.4 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 | 295 |
| Other crime | 94 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 65 |
| Vehicle crime | 45 |
| Burglary | 42 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 21 |
| Drug offences | 11 |
| Robbery | 11 |
| Theft from the person | 3 |
| Shoplifting | 2 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Yardley Wood West compares
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Is Yardley Wood West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Yardley Wood West at a rate of 85.4 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, 43 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Yardley Wood West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (295), other crime (94) and criminal damage and arson (65).
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 West alone. See Birmingham
Yardley Wood West in brief
The median price paid for a home in Yardley Wood West was £235,000 in 2025.
Yardley Wood West had 6,550 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Yardley Wood West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Yardley Wood West, 99.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.