Total Crime Rate
122.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
73.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grafton Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Shirley West , and the 113th highest crime rate of 671 local areas in Solihull .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Grafton Road (B90 1NL) in the last 12 months was 122.6 per 1,000 residents and was 21.8% higher than the Shirley West average (100.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 73.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grafton Road (B90 1NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oxhill Road, where police recorded 156 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Prince Of Wales Lane (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Solihull| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hytall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oxhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oxhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorleston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gorleston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oxhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oxhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yardley Wood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Oxhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilcote Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mayberry Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oxhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambscote Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambscote Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Navenby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Greenslade Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenslade Road | Under investigation |
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