Total Crime Rate
108.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Orchard Avenue area has the 17th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Elmdon , and the 132nd highest crime rate of 671 local areas in Solihull .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Orchard Avenue (B91 2LS) in the last 12 months was 108.9 per 1,000 residents and was 120.1% higher than the Elmdon average (49.5 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 Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -22.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 36.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Orchard Avenue (B91 2LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Solihull Bypass, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shustoke Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Solihull| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wharf Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broomfields Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hermitage Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grove Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caldwell Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anchor Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shustoke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shustoke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moat Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Newfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redlands Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shustoke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bisbrook Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shustoke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redlands Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shustoke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hermitage Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Solihull Bypass | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Solihull Bypass | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Solihull Bypass | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Solihull Bypass | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Glebe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Solihull Bypass | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Solihull Bypass | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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