Total Crime Rate

563.9 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 563.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 249.2 10/10
  • Public order 78.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 55.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 49.2 10/10
  • Other theft 26.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 19.7 6/10
  • Burglary 16.4 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 13.1 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.8 9/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
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

The Square area has the 4th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Alphege , and the 16th 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 The Square (B91 3RB) in the last 12 months was 563.9 per 1,000 residents and was 368.1% 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 76 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 105 (≈ 344.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Square (B91 3RB), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 258 crimes here, including 101 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Square area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Drury Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime The Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order The Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order The Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs The Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drury Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Burglary Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mill Lane
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Drury Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation

Data Sources

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