Total Crime Rate
28.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wellsford Avenue area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 38 local areas in Lyndon , and the 208th lowest crime rate of 671 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 Wellsford Avenue (B92 8HA) in the last 12 months was 28.3 per 1,000 residents and was 58.7% lower than the Lyndon average (68.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 22.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellsford Avenue (B92 8HA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coventry Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Solihull| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Campbells Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Melton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Campbells Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beamans Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evenlode Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Evenlode Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clydesdale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellsford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Campden Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lyndon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coventry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Campbells Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Campbells Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Campbells Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Campbells Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lyndon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellsford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coventry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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