Crime Rate in Smith's Wood, ward

Smith's Wood has the 7th highest crime rate of 17 wards in Solihull district and the 2305th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 228th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Smith's Wood in the last 12 months was 87.7 per 1,000 residents and was 2.9% higher than the Solihull district average (85.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Smith's Wood’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 577 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -38.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 663 (≈ 50.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Smith's Wood ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Austin Croft, with 46 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Burtons Way (33 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.