Total Crime Rate

19.5 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 19.5 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.7 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.9 2/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Yardley Wood Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 39 local areas in Shirley West , and the 141st lowest crime rate of 675 local areas in Solihull .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Yardley Wood Road (B90 1JT) in the last 12 months was 19.5 per 1,000 residents and was 79.4% lower than the Shirley West average (94.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yardley Wood Road (B90 1JT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oxhill Road, where police recorded 178 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Yardley Wood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oxhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oxhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oxhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oxhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oxhill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oxhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oxhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oxhill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oxhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oxhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oxhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oxhill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oxhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oxhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oxhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oxhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oxhill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hexton Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Myton Drive Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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