Total Crime Rate

26.8 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 26.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.0 3/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Merecote Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 38 local areas in Lyndon , and the 204th lowest 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 Merecote Road (B92 7EX) in the last 12 months was 26.8 per 1,000 residents and was 58.4% lower than the Lyndon average (64.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Merecote Road (B92 7EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ladbroke Grove, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gayle Grove (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Merecote Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Roydon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Gunns Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Leysdown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swanswell Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ladbroke Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Langley Hall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Merecote Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allesley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Swanswell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Gayle Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gunns Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gunns Way Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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