Total Crime Rate
144.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cockshed 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.
View Crime In Halesowen North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Malt Mill Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Haywood Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Beeches Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Beeches Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beeches Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nash Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halesowen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Olive Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Halesowen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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