Total Crime Rate
94.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Shirley West , and the 154th highest crime rate of 671 local areas in Solihull .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (B90 1JS) in the last 12 months was 94.6 per 1,000 residents and was 6.0% lower than the Shirley West average (100.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 43.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (B90 1JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oxhill Road, where police recorded 156 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Solihull| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oxhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yardley Wood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oxhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oxhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oxhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oxhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Oxhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenslade Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Greenslade Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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