Total Crime Rate

38.1 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 38.1 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.8 5/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Longbridge Lane area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Longbridge & West Heath , and the 597th lowest crime rate of 3,083 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 Longbridge Lane (B31 4RJ) in the last 12 months was 38.1 per 1,000 residents and was 68.3% lower than the Longbridge & West Heath average (120.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 26.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Longbridge Lane (B31 4RJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Merino Avenue, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dormy Drive (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Longbridge Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Plymouth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Merino Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Titterstone Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Titterstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Titterstone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Heath Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Plymouth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Rea Close Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dormy Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Dormy Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merrishaw Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beeches Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beeches Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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