Total Crime Rate
201.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Langton Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 486th 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 Langton Road (B8 3DG) in the last 12 months was 201.6 per 1,000 residents and was 117.2% higher than the Alum Rock average (92.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 74.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Langton Road (B8 3DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hazelbeach Road (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | College Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Naseby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mendip Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mendip Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Haycroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harts Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Naseby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Naseby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clipston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Kilda'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clipston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clipston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clipston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clipston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clipston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clipston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hazelbeach Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hazelbeach Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelbeach Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelbeach Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelbeach Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cremore Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelbeach Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Kilda'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maitland Road | Under investigation |
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