Total Crime Rate

370.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

98.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 370.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 174.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 98.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.3 10/10
  • Public order 13.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.4 9/10
  • Other theft 8.9 7/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Robbery 4.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Over Green Drive area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Kingshurst and Fordbridge , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 671 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 Over Green Drive (B37 6EY) in the last 12 months was 370.5 per 1,000 residents and was 224.2% higher than the Kingshurst and Fordbridge average (114.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 98.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Over Green Drive (B37 6EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marston Drive, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near School Close (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Over Green Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/31)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Marston Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dalewood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Marston Drive Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Marston Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Oakthorpe Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Over Green Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ash Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Marston Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Marston Drive —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shenton Walk —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shenton Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shenton Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Marston Drive —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Didgley Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime School Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elm Grove Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ash Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colling Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Silver Birch Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Colling Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences School Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Haselour Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Campville Grove Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Laburnum Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Silver Birch Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences School Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences School Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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