Postcode · Solihull
Crime in B90 8BL
How much crime is recorded in B90 8BL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Dickens Heath, Cheswick Green & Hockley Heath
- Council
- Solihull
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,943 (2024)
B90 8BLSolihull
How safe is B90 8BL
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 21.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B90 8BL area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
21.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
38
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
B90 8BLNational
Burglary23.09.1
Violence and sexual offences13.323.6
Other theft4.84.5
Shoplifting3.78.4
Vehicle crime3.33.5
Criminal damage and arson3.24.7
Anti-social behaviour2.710.7
Public order2.24.6
Other crime0.51.5
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Robbery0.21.4
Drugs0.02.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 32% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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40
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.