Total Crime Rate

47.3 per 1,000 5/10 · 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 47.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.5 6/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.6 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
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

Lawnswood Avenue area has the 13th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Olton , and the 336th highest 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 Lawnswood Avenue (B90 3QU) in the last 12 months was 47.3 per 1,000 residents and was 16.2% lower than the Olton average (56.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 600.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 38.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lawnswood Avenue (B90 3QU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barford Road, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Freasley Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lawnswood Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornyfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornyfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornyfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornyfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Finmere Way Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other theft Newnham Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blenheim Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Finmere Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bidford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blenheim Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freasley Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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