Total Crime Rate
85.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hawthorne Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Castle Bromwich , and the 190th highest crime rate of 675 local areas in Solihull .
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 Hawthorne Road (B36 0HJ) in the last 12 months was 85.2 per 1,000 residents and was 8.2% lower than the Castle Bromwich average (92.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 142.9% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 56.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawthorne Road (B36 0HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Laburnum Close, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hall Hays Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle Bromwich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Court | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Buckingham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broom Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trent Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Taw Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Taw Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Elmfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Laburnum Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heatherleigh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Heatherleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Heatherleigh Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Selworthy Road | Under investigation |
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