Postcode · Birmingham
Crime in B45 8RU
How much crime is recorded in B45 8RU, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Longbridge South
- Council
- Birmingham
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,698 (2024)
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How safe is B45 8RU
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 25.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B45 8RU area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
25.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
38
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
B45 8RUNational
Violence and sexual offences21.223.6
Anti-social behaviour4.910.7
Burglary2.59.1
Vehicle crime2.43.5
Public order2.34.6
Criminal damage and arson2.24.7
Other crime1.91.5
Other theft1.14.5
Robbery0.61.4
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Shoplifting0.28.4
Drugs0.22.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 10% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.