Total Crime Rate
92.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Carters Close area has the 29th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Bickenhill , and the 158th 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 Carters Close (B37 7AX) in the last 12 months was 92.0 per 1,000 residents and was 53.9% lower than the Bickenhill average (199.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 42.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Carters Close (B37 7AX), 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 Solihull| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hall Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marston Croft | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wavers Marston | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chelmsley Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | 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 | Public order | Marston Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Farm Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
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