Total Crime Rate

112.2 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 112.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.9 8/10
  • Shoplifting 20.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.4 5/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Theft from the person 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Tamar Drive area has the 16th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Smith's Wood , and the 129th 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 Tamar Drive (B36 0SY) in the last 12 months was 112.2 per 1,000 residents and was 27.9% higher than the Smith's Wood average (87.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 800.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 48.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tamar Drive (B36 0SY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fieldfare Croft, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burtons Way (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Tamar Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waveney Croft Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burtons Way Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Fieldfare Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Buckingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Burtons Park Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Burtons Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Burtons Park Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burtons Way Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burtons Way Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taw Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taw Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cherwell Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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