Total Crime Rate
120.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
85.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lumley Grove area has the 21st highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Bickenhill , and the 116th highest crime rate of 671 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 Lumley Grove (B37 7TJ) in the last 12 months was 120.9 per 1,000 residents and was 39.5% lower 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 85.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lumley Grove (B37 7TJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dunster Road, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Marlene Croft (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chelmsley Wood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Picton Croft | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hiker Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dunster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fillingham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dunster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dunster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Craig Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dunster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eden Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pomeroy Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dunster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Braeside Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hiker Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Braeside Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blair Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Starkey Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Longley Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dunster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Clover Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carisbrooke Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dunster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dunster Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Dunster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlene Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlene Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlene Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Blair Grove | Local resolution |
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