Total Crime Rate
110.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Carters 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.
View Crime In Bickenhill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Marston Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Marston Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Marston Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Marston Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chelmsley Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marston Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marston Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wavers Marston | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Malthouse Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Exeter Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marston Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
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