Total Crime Rate

169.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 169.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.0 9/10
  • Drugs 23.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.3 6/10
  • Other theft 14.3 9/10
  • Public order 11.9 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.6 10/10
  • Burglary 4.8 5/10
  • Robbery 4.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Long Street area has the 48th highest crime rate of 148 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 681st highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Long Street (B11 1SB) in the last 12 months was 169.5 per 1,000 residents and was 24.4% higher than the Balsall Heath West average (136.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 100.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Long Street (B11 1SB), the main crime hotspot is near Larches Street. Police recorded 96 crimes here, including 55 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Long Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priestley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spark Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Spark Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farm Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Farm Road
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Downey Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arundel Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Arundel Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Priestley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spark Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Other theft Larches Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Larches Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Larches Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Auckland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Arundel Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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