Total Crime Rate

11.6 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 11.6 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.9 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Cooks Lane area has the lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Kingshurst and Fordbridge , and the 61st lowest crime rate of 675 local areas in Solihull .

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 Cooks Lane (B37 6NT) in the last 12 months was 11.6 per 1,000 residents and was 89.8% lower than the Kingshurst and Fordbridge average (114.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cooks Lane (B37 6NT), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cooks Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tile Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elmore Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fencote Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hadfield Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elmore Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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