Total Crime Rate

110.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 110.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.3 6/10
  • Burglary 12.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Theft from the person 6.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Carters Close area has the 28th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Bickenhill , and the 131st 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 Carters Close (B37 7AX) in the last 12 months was 110.4 per 1,000 residents and was 42.2% lower than the Bickenhill average (190.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 49.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.5% 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 121 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Carters Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Marston Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Marston Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Marston Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Marston Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Marston Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chelmsley Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marston Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marston Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Marston Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Marston Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marston Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Marston Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Marston Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Marston Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Marston Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wavers Marston Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Malthouse Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Exeter Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Marston Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marston Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Marston Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Marston Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Marston Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Marston Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Marston Green Under investigation

Data Sources

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