Total Crime Rate
179.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hickman 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.
View Crime In Edgbaston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Plough And Harrow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Plough And Harrow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlyle Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlyle Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Plough And Harrow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Plough And Harrow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Plough And Harrow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Plough And Harrow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Plough And Harrow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Meyrick Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Carlyle Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Meyrick Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meyrick Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sefton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sefton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Mostyn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Coxwell Gardens | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hartley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wyndham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hartley Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hartley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Hartley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Hartley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Hartley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hartley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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