Total Crime Rate

625.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 625.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 305.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 131.9 10/10
  • Public order 83.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.8 8/10
  • Burglary 13.9 9/10
  • Drugs 13.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.9 9/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Robbery 6.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Long Ley Walk area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Bickenhill , and the 13th highest crime rate of 675 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 Long Ley Walk (B37 7SD) in the last 12 months was 625.0 per 1,000 residents and was 227.4% higher than the Bickenhill average (190.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 222.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 123.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Long Ley Walk (B37 7SD), the main crime hotspot is near Dunster Road. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Long Ley Walk area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (24/24)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drummond Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Orchid Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Carisbrooke Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Sundew Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sundew Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlene Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlene Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Marlene Croft Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lumley Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Picton Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Picton Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Picton Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Orchid Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchid Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunster Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Orchid Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Orchid Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stokesay Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Picton Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nevada Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Compton Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keepers Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Picton Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Compton Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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