Total Crime Rate
92.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Woodclose Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Kingshurst and Fordbridge , and the 165th 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 Woodclose Road (B37 5AA) in the last 12 months was 92.8 per 1,000 residents and was 18.6% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 44.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodclose Road (B37 5AA), the main crime hotspot is near Woodclose Road. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Kingshurst and Fordbridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Camplea Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crabtree Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Yorklea Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yorklea Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yorklea Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glovers Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Glovers Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sheepclose Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cooks Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Camplea Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cooks Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Camplea Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Brickhill Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Saxon Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Camplea Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brickhill Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brickhill Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Woodclose Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodclose Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Blackcat Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kew Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kew Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brickhill Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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