Total Crime Rate
1323.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
476.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elmdon Lane area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Bickenhill , and the 5th 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 Elmdon Lane (B37 7EQ) in the last 12 months was 1323.1 per 1,000 residents and was 562.1% higher 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 92 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 155 (≈ 476.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elmdon Lane (B37 7EQ), 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 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Marston Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Marston Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marston Croft | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petrol Station | 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marston Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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