Total Crime Rate
260.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
158.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Langworth 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.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beeches Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Copse | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dalston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yardley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Yardley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Yardley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Jowett Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jowett Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Swan Copse | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Copse | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Augusta Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Augusta Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beeches Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beeches Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beeches Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beeches Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramley Mews Court | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramley Mews Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dalston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Francis Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jowett Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Weates Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tiffield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tiffield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tiffield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tiffield Road | Under investigation |
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