Total Crime Rate

144.6 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 144.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 88.4 10/10
  • Burglary 12.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.1 8/10
  • Other crime 8.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.0 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Cockshed Lane area has the 4th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Halesowen North , and the 130th highest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cockshed Lane (B62 8LL) in the last 12 months was 144.6 per 1,000 residents and was 190.8% higher than the Halesowen North average (49.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 100.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cockshed Lane (B62 8LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beeches Road, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cocksheds Lane (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cockshed Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Malt Mill Lane
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Haywood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beeches Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beeches Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beeches Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nash Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halesowen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Olive Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vernon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Halesowen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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