Total Crime Rate
772.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elm Farm Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Bickenhill , and the 10th 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 Elm Farm Avenue (B37 7AA) in the last 12 months was 772.9 per 1,000 residents and was 286.8% higher than the Bickenhill average (199.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 214 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 79.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elm Farm Avenue (B37 7AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marston Green, where police recorded 189 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bickenhill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hall Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chelmsley Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marston Croft | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Marston Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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