Total Crime Rate

84.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 84.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.2 5/10
  • Drugs 13.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.0 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.0 9/10
  • Public order 8.0 6/10
  • Shoplifting 8.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Chester Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 17 local areas in Chelmsley Wood , and the 192nd 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 Chester Road (B37 6RD) in the last 12 months was 84.9 per 1,000 residents and was 48.3% lower than the Chelmsley Wood average (164.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -88.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 39.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chester Road (B37 6RD), the main crime hotspot is near Tower Croft. Police recorded 98 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Chester Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tower Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Lambeth Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Falkland Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hayling Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Drugs Tay Croft Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lambeth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lambeth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lambeth Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Lambeth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Lambeth Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Waterloo Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forth Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forth Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Tower Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tower Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tower Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tower Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tower Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Tower Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tower Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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