Total Crime Rate

155.7 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 155.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 108.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.5 5/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Drugs 2.1 1/10
  • Public order 2.1 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Longfellow Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Bournville & Cotteridge , and the 781st highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Longfellow Road (B30 1BH) in the last 12 months was 155.7 per 1,000 residents and was 58.1% higher than the Bournville & Cotteridge average (98.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 110.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Longfellow Road (B30 1BH), the main crime hotspot is near Lakehouse Grove. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Longfellow Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hood Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middleton Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kipling Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lakehouse Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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