Total Crime Rate
77.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Melton Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Lyndon , and the 209th highest 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 Melton Avenue (B92 8HH) in the last 12 months was 77.2 per 1,000 residents and was 12.8% higher 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 46.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Melton Avenue (B92 8HH), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellsford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellsford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coventry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coventry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | 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 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Melton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evenlode Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Evenlode Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elkstone Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clydesdale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Campden Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lyndon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lyndon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daylesford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beamans Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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