Total Crime Rate
89.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Didgley Grove area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Kingshurst and Fordbridge , and the 170th 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 Didgley Grove (B37 6JA) in the last 12 months was 89.1 per 1,000 residents and was 22.0% lower than the Kingshurst and Fordbridge average (114.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 56.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Didgley Grove (B37 6JA), 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.
View Crime In Kingshurst and Fordbridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Over Green Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fordbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fordbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | School Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shenton Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shenton Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shenton Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marston Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colling Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oakthorpe Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holliars Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haselour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheeley Moor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheeley Moor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Townshend Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheeley Moor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wheeley Moor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wheeley Moor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colling Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalewood Road | Under investigation |
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