Total Crime Rate

127.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 127.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.6 9/10
  • Public order 17.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Chester Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Kingshurst and Fordbridge , and the 111th highest crime rate of 675 local areas in Solihull .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chester Road (B36 0LH) in the last 12 months was 127.5 per 1,000 residents and was 11.8% higher than the Kingshurst and Fordbridge average (114.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 90.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chester Road (B36 0LH), the main crime hotspot is near Ballard Walk. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Chester Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bell Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ballard Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ballard Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rathlin Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rathlin Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tile Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Meriden Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wight Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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