Total Crime Rate

15.9 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 15.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.4 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • 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
  • Other theft 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
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

Watwood Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 39 local areas in Shirley West , and the 114th lowest crime rate of 675 local areas in Solihull .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Watwood Road (B90 2HZ) in the last 12 months was 15.9 per 1,000 residents and was 83.2% lower than the Shirley West average (94.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watwood Road (B90 2HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Haslucks Green Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oak Tree Gardens (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Watwood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Tree Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Limbrick Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haslucks Green Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Colebrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Acheson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Haslucks Green Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Watwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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