Crime Rates at Chester Road, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, B37 6QS

Chester Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Chelmsley Wood , and the 55th 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 Chester Road (B37 6QS) in the last 12 months was 197.3 per 1,000 residents and was 21.6% higher 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 129.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chester Road (B37 6QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lambeth Close (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.