Total Crime Rate
347.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Solihull Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Olton , and the 21st highest crime rate of 675 local areas in Solihull .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Solihull Road (B90 3HB) in the last 12 months was 347.8 per 1,000 residents and was 516.6% higher than the Olton average (56.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 94 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -87.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -87.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 55.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Solihull Road (B90 3HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 151 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Richard Lewis Way (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Olton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Richard Lewis Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Richard Lewis Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | St James Place | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Richard Lewis Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Richard Lewis Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richard Lewis Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Welford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cropthorne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cropthorne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sutherland Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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