Total Crime Rate

260.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

158.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 260.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 158.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 138.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.0 10/10
  • Burglary 17.8 10/10
  • Other theft 15.6 9/10
  • Public order 13.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.1 6/10
  • Drugs 11.1 9/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.5 7/10
  • Robbery 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Langworth Avenue area has the 11th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 297th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Langworth Avenue (B27 6NB) in the last 12 months was 260.6 per 1,000 residents and was 85.3% higher than the Acocks Green average (140.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 158.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Langworth Avenue (B27 6NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Weates Yard, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dalston Road (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Langworth Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beeches Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swan Copse Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dalston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dalston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Yardley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Yardley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Yardley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Jowett Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Jowett Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Swan Copse Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swan Copse Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Augusta Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wynford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Augusta Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Beeches Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beeches Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beeches Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beeches Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mansfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mansfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bramley Mews Court Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bramley Mews Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Dalston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Francis Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jowett Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Weates Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tiffield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tiffield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tiffield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tiffield Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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