Total Crime Rate

64.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 64.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.1 8/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Short Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Blythe , and the 250th highest crime rate of 675 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 Short Street (B90 1TG) in the last 12 months was 64.5 per 1,000 residents and was 14.8% higher than the Blythe average (56.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 24.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Short Street (B90 1TG), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Short Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ledwell Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Main Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haresfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Aldershaws Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Haresfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Kerr Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mereways Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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