Crime in Solihull district: statistics, rates and trends

Violence and sexual offences (6,670), shoplifting (3,114) and vehicle crime (2,120) made up 61% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 138th of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the upper half.

Recorded crime in Solihull district peaked in the year to August 2022 (22,177 crimes) and was lowest in the year to August 2020 (17,531). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it rose 10%, while across England and Wales it fell 4%.

Month by month

Compared with England and Wales, Solihull district recorded notably more vehicle crime (93% above the national rate), possession of weapons (68% above the national rate) and shoplifting (66% above the national rate), and notably less anti-social behaviour (77% below) and theft from the person (74% below). On the year before, criminal damage and arson rose from 1,367 to 1,905 and possession of weapons rose from 295 to 360, while anti-social behaviour fell from 1,329 to 765.

What each category covers: crime categories.

17,594 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in Solihull district in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 79.5 per 1,000 residents, close to the England and Wales rate of 83.2. The total was up 2% on the year ending March 2025 (17,245), against a fall of 2% across England and Wales. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, Solihull district had the 117th highest rate (the street-level ranking above is among the 302 districts with street-level pages on this site, over the 12 months to August 2026).

Of the crimes recorded in the West Midlands Police area in the year ending March 2026, 1.2% were not assigned to a district. Those crimes are counted in the force and England and Wales totals but in no district, so the figure for Solihull district is a slight undercount.

Offences recorded in Solihull district, the year ending March 2026

The largest category was shoplifting, with 2,763 offences (16% of the total). Relative to England and Wales, rates were highest for vehicle offences (1.9 times the national rate), shoplifting (1.5 times the national rate) and possession of weapons (1.3 times the national rate). Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for theft from the person (0.23 times), trafficking of drugs (0.30 times) and bicycle theft (0.52 times).

The largest rises on the year were in arson (+46%) and criminal damage (+21%). The largest falls were in theft from the person (−16%) and other theft offences (−13%). Robbery of business property and shoplifting are not compared with the year ending March 2025: from April 2025 the Home Office Counting Rules were clarified so that a theft from a shop in which violence is used or threatened against staff or anyone else is recorded as robbery of business property rather than shoplifting (ONS).

Recorded crime in Solihull district since the year ending March 2022

The chart shows police recorded crime per 1,000 residents in each year ending March from 2022 to 2026. Solihull district's rate was above the England and Wales rate in 1 of those 5 years and below it in 4. The series starts in the year ending March 2022 because the share of crimes in the West Midlands Police area not assigned to a district moved from 0.0% in the year ending March 2021 to 3.6% in the year ending March 2022, which changes district totals without any change in crime.

Changes in how forces record crime move these figures as well as changes in crime (methodology).

Districts in the West Midlands Police area, the year ending March 2026

Of the 7 districts in the West Midlands Police area with a figure for the year ending March 2026, Solihull district had the 2nd lowest rate.

Source: Home Office police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables (released 23 July 2026), gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years, excluding fraud; how they differ from the street-level figures: methodology.

4 of the 8 nearest districts have a higher crime rate than Solihull district; the highest is Birmingham district (123.9 per 1,000) and the lowest Bromsgrove district (60.7).

Of the 25 areas within Solihull district, Bickenhill had the highest crime rate (194.5 per 1,000) and Dorridge and Hockley Heath the lowest (35.7), 5 times apart.

The 10 locations below account for 28% of the crime recorded in Solihull district over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Parking Area” (1,320).

Of the 18,706 crimes in Solihull district with a recorded outcome, 41% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 5.9% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 765 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.

Solihull district has an estimated population of 221,242 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has less private renting (13%, against 20%), fewer students (5.9%, against 7.9%) and fewer households without a car (18%, against 23%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up Solihull district average decile 6.7 (1 = most deprived), less deprived than average.

Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.