Antisocial behavior increased in many West Midlands areas in 2024, with significant rises in reports across Birmingham and Black Country.
People are tired of nuisances and annoyed by noisy youths and reckless drivers. Police data shows a rise in such behavior in 2024, spanning Birmingham and the Black Country.
Willenhall saw reports go from 353 to 578 in twelve months. Small Heath and Highgate also saw huge rises, their reports went from 274 to 473.
Here are more area-by-area increases. Acocks Green went from 325 to 357. Aldridge rose from 231 to 319. Aston increased from 356 to 456. Bilston went up from 266 to 493.
Bloxwich climbed from 231 to 314. Bordesley Green increased from 211 to 276. Bournville rose from 169 to 239. Brownhills went from 370 to 464.
Chelmsley Wood increased from 198 to 218. Darlaston climbed from 276 to 429. Delves rose from 135 to 174. Dudley North went from 333 to 368.
Edgbaston increased from 157 to 241. Erdington climbed from 269 to 332. Ettinghall rose from 204 to 326. Halesowen went from 250 to 336.
Handsworth Wood rose from 180 to 246. Harborne climbed from 149 to 195. Hodge Hill increased from 226 to 266. The Jewellery Quarter went from 180 to 194.
Kingstanding rose from 235 to 308. Longbridge climbed from 256 to 280. Moseley rose from 162 to 226. Nechells went from 158 to 200.
Northfield increased from 197 to 266. Oldbury climbed from 419 to 477. Pleck rose from 147 to 243. Rowley Regis went from 328 to 413.
Selly Oak increased from 201 to 286. Shard End climbed slightly from 239 to 240. Shirley rose from 159 to 200. Smethwick went from 443 to 524.
Soho Road saw a tiny rise from 164 to 165. Sparkbrook climbed from 174 to 253. Springfield went from 194 to 242. St Matthew’s, Walsall went from 421 to 560.
St Peter’s went from 336 to 405. Sutton Four Oaks rose slightly from 74 to 76. Sutton Trinity rose from 223 to 287. Sutton Vesey showed a small rise from 123 to 127.
Tettenhall went from 148 to 224. Tipton rose from 383 to 404. Tyburn climbed from 201 to 253. Wednesbury went from 291 to 369.
Wednesfield jumped from 163 to 472. West Bromwich increased from 598 to 682. Winson Green rose from 229 to 246.
Reported antisocial behavior is up overall, but many people don’t report incidents and just deal with the issues. Antisocial behavior includes many things. It often involves rowdy or scary actions such as youths shouting late at night . Loud cars and gatherings also count, as do harassment and vandalism.