Total Crime Rate
119.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cooksey Lane area has the 7th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Oscott , and the 1091st highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Cooksey Lane (B44 9QL) in the last 12 months was 119.1 per 1,000 residents and was 71.1% higher than the Oscott average (69.6 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 43.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cooksey Lane (B44 9QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kingsland Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beacon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beacon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingstanding Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kingstanding Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Esher Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kettlehouse Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anerley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Keston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fernhill Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swains Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swains Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kettlehouse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kettlehouse Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Anerley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anerley Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anerley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anerley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilburn Grove | Under investigation |
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