Total Crime Rate
67.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cadleigh Gardens area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 1197th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cadleigh Gardens (B17 0QB) in the last 12 months was 67.5 per 1,000 residents and was 52.5% lower than the Edgbaston average (142.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( 25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 29.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cadleigh Gardens (B17 0QB), the main crime hotspot is near Poole Crescent. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadnam Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Poole Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Poole Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rodbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Reservoir Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Farm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Farm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mill Farm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Yewdale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadnam Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadnam Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Grove Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Quinton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadnam Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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