Total Crime Rate
20.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Langstone Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Highter's Heath , and the 239th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Langstone Road (B14 4QU) in the last 12 months was 20.4 per 1,000 residents and was 79.1% lower than the Highter's Heath average (97.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 14.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Langstone Road (B14 4QU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Crest View (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandringham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorleston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gorleston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Waterway Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gorleston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crest View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crest View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crest View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorleston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hytall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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