Total Crime Rate

246.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 246.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 44.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 38.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.6 9/10
  • Robbery 17.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.8 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 14.8 10/10
  • Public order 14.8 8/10
  • Other theft 11.9 8/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 6th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Kingshurst and Fordbridge , and the 36th highest crime rate of 675 local areas in Solihull .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chester Road (B36 0LJ) in the last 12 months was 246.3 per 1,000 residents and was 116.1% 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 Criminal damage and arson with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 86.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 81.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chester Road (B36 0LJ), the main crime hotspot is near Tower Croft. Police recorded 98 crimes here, including 53 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 (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tower Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Waterloo Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rathlin Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rathlin Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Tower Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tower Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tower Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tower Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Falkland Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tower Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tile Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tower Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Meriden Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hayling Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Tower Croft Under investigation
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Data Sources

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