Crime Rates at Long Acre, Birmingham, B7 5JX

Long Acre area has the highest crime rate of 15 local areas in Nechells , and the 74th 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 Long Acre (B7 5JX) in the last 12 months was 545.6 per 1,000 residents and was 368.2% higher than the Nechells average (116.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 96 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -34.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 133 (≈ 237.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Long Acre (B7 5JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Crompton Close, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stanley Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.