Total Crime Rate

113.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 113.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.0 9/10
  • Burglary 10.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.9 4/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.3 5/10
  • Drugs 2.6 2/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Cobden Gardens area has the 72nd highest crime rate of 148 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 1199th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cobden Gardens (B12 9TD) in the last 12 months was 113.5 per 1,000 residents and was 16.7% lower than the Balsall Heath West average (136.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 73.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cobden Gardens (B12 9TD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mary Street, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beaconsfield Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cobden Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobden Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilmcote Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Edward Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edward Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Siskin Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edward Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Edward Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gosford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Beaconsfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Beaconsfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wenman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Court Road
Sep 2025Drugs Court Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilmcote Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Jakeman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alpha Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampden Retreat Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mary Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mary Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mary Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime George Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jakeman Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampden Retreat Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Camrose Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hampden Retreat Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hampden Retreat Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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