Total Crime Rate

179.9 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 179.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 94.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.2 8/10
  • Other theft 15.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 15.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Hickman Gardens area has the 15th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 613th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hickman Gardens (B16 9PT) in the last 12 months was 179.9 per 1,000 residents and was 7.1% higher than the Edgbaston average (167.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 112.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 76.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hickman Gardens (B16 9PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Plough And Harrow Road, where police recorded 105 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stirling Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hickman Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Plough And Harrow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Plough And Harrow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlyle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlyle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Plough And Harrow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Plough And Harrow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Plough And Harrow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Plough And Harrow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Plough And Harrow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Meyrick Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Carlyle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Meyrick Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meyrick Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sefton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Sefton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Mostyn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Coxwell Gardens Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Wyndham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hartley Place
Sep 2025Drugs Hartley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hartley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Hartley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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