Total Crime Rate
109.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hadfield Way area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 17 local areas in Chelmsley Wood , and the 130th highest crime rate of 671 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 Hadfield Way (B37 5LN) in the last 12 months was 109.7 per 1,000 residents and was 32.4% lower than the Chelmsley Wood average (162.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 64.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hadfield Way (B37 5LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Conway Road, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadfield Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elmore Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stapleton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conway Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elmore Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fencote Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Conway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
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