Total Crime Rate

85.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 85.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hawthorne 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.

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Crime Over Time in Hawthorne Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Court Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Buckingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broom Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trent Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taw Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taw Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Elmfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Laburnum Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heatherleigh Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Heatherleigh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Heatherleigh Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Selworthy Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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