Total Crime Rate
625.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Craig Croft 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 Craig Croft (B37 7TR) 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 Craig Croft (B37 7TR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dunster Road, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodlands Way (26 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 | Drummond Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Picton Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodlands Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Woodlands Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodlands Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodlands Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodlands Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Picton Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Picton Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Carisbrooke Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Picton Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Picton Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lumley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dunster Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodlands Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodlands Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodlands Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodlands Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Swanswood Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlene Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Keepers Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stokesay Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Marlene Croft | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlene Croft | Under investigation |
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