Total Crime Rate

295.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 295.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 163.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.8 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 18.2 10/10
  • Other theft 13.6 9/10
  • Public order 13.6 8/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Robbery 4.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Hanging Lane area has the 5th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Allens Cross , and the 244th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Hanging Lane (B31 5LP) in the last 12 months was 295.5 per 1,000 residents and was 175.9% higher than the Allens Cross average (107.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 77.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 132.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hanging Lane (B31 5LP), the main crime hotspot is near Lomas Drive. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Hanging Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Dimsdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tinkers Farm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lomas Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Lomas Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walmesley Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tinkers Farm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tinkers Farm Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Besford Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Besford Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Besford Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dimsdale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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