Total Crime Rate
98.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cobham Road area has the 48th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 1353rd highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cobham Road (B9 4UP) in the last 12 months was 98.3 per 1,000 residents and was 5.9% higher than the Alum Rock average (92.8 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 Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 55.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cobham Road (B9 4UP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Palace Road (28 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 | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cobham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palace Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palace Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palace Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Palace Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palace Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ronald Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ronald Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bordesley Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denbigh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ronald Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Pikewater Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Grove Cottage Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Grove Cottage Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grove Cottage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherrywood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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