Total Crime Rate
221.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
109.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Berwicks Lane area has the 10th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Bickenhill , and the 46th highest crime rate of 671 local areas in Solihull .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Berwicks Lane (B37 7RG) in the last 12 months was 221.8 per 1,000 residents and was 11.0% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 109.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Berwicks Lane (B37 7RG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Willow Way, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lime Grove (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bickenhill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alder Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Willow Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Radlow Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Radlow Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alder Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alder Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alder Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alder Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenlands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Greenlands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Greenlands Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alder Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alder Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Birch Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Plane Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Plane Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plane Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Plane Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Poplar Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Avenue | Under investigation |
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