Total Crime Rate

197.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 197.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 42.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.4 9/10
  • Other theft 19.4 9/10
  • Public order 9.7 7/10
  • Shoplifting 9.7 5/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Shakespeare Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Alphege , and the 49th 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 Shakespeare Road (B90 4RP) in the last 12 months was 197.4 per 1,000 residents and was 63.9% higher than the St Alphege average (120.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 225.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 87.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shakespeare Road (B90 4RP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Arbury Hall Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Shakespeare Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Marshall Lake Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashbourne Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ashbourne Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ashbourne Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashbourne Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashbourne Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranmore Boulevard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shakespeare Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shakespeare Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Warwick Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arbury Hall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Arbury Hall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Meadow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Foxcote Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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