Bournville & Cotteridge ward · Birmingham. Every figure carries its own date.
Boundary: May 2026. Census and crime records have different dates and purposes.
What makes this ward different?
People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 42.8% here, compared with 29.9% across Birmingham (12.9 percentage points higher).
Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 16.7% here, compared with 23.9% across Birmingham (7.2 percentage points lower).
Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Homes rented privately: 16% here, compared with 23% across Birmingham (6.2 percentage points lower).
A larger private-rented sector changes the mix of housing advice, enforcement and tenant support needed. It does not tell us whether individual homes are affordable or safe.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Police-recorded locations for Bournville & Cotteridge ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
1,952 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 1,816 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Bournville & Cotteridge ward · mapped crimes
Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.
Shown on this chart: 163 mapped crimes in September 2024; 174 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Bournville & Cotteridge
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
163
19
October 2024
143
21
November 2024
131
15
December 2024
141
12
January 2025
108
9
February 2025
120
14
March 2025
154
14
April 2025
174
14
May 2025
176
17
June 2025
164
22
July 2025
189
22
August 2025
153
17
September 2025
139
14
October 2025
180
11
November 2025
169
7
December 2025
142
3
January 2026
175
2
February 2026
106
14
March 2026
169
3
April 2026
147
7
May 2026
170
8
June 2026
179
4
July 2026
202
9
August 2026
174
10
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Bournville & Cotteridge
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
793
criminal damage arson
207
vehicle crime
195
public order
176
shoplifting
130
burglary
120
drugs
98
other theft
96
robbery
48
possession of weapons
37
other crime
31
bicycle theft
12
theft from the person
9
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and records without usable locations are excluded.
Do not compare directly with Scottish council-level recorded crime totals.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
