The overall crime rate in Solihull city is 71.4 crimes per 1,000. Most crimes, 2.3k crimes were violent crimes which is 30.4% of all crimes committed in the area. Violent crime rate is at 62% of national crime rate. Other crime was the fastest growing crime and it increased by 46.2% over the last twelve months.The category of "shoplifting crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Shoplifting crime" rate is at 160% of national crime rate which puts Solihull on 30. position out of 99 England's and Wales' cities in this crime category. "Shoplifting crime" makes up 19.5% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "shoplifting crime" is 1.5k cases and has increased by 40.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of May 2024 - April 2025.
Crime statistic | Share of all crimes | Ranking (99 cities) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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Violent crime | 30.4% | 1. lowest | 62% | 2.3k | -8.1% |
Shoplifting crime | 19.5% | 30. highest | 160% | 1.5k | 40.1% |
Vehicle crime | 11.2% | 26. highest | 141% | 850 | -17.3% |
Antisocial behaviour crime | 7.2% | 1. lowest | 31% | 547 | 20.5% |
Other theft crime | 6.5% | 3. lowest | 65% | 492 | 3.4% |
Public order crime | 6.0% | 3. lowest | 60% | 458 | -2.3% |
Criminal damage and arson crime | 5.9% | 2. lowest | 56% | 448 | -6.9% |
Burglary crime | 5.5% | 52. highest | 99% | 422 | -30.0% |
Other crime | 2.0% | 6. lowest | 64% | 152 | 46.2% |
Possession of weapons crime | 1.5% | 36. lowest | 116% | 114 | 18.8% |
Drugs crime | 1.5% | 1. lowest | 33% | 112 | -20.0% |
Robbery crime | 1.3% | 34. lowest | 74% | 101 | -32.7% |
Theft from the person crime | 0.9% | 29. lowest | 26% | 65 | 1.6% |
Bicycle theft crime | 0.8% | 14. lowest | 59% | 60 | -38.1% |
Crime statistic | Share of all crimes | Crime rate ranking | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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This graph compares crime rate in Solihull city to the national crime rate for each crime statistic.
Crime statistic | Solihull city crime rate | England and Wales - national crime rate |
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Anti-social behaviour | 5.1 | 16.3 |
Bicycle theft | 0.6 | 1.0 |
Burglary | 4.0 | 4.0 |
Criminal damage and arson | 4.2 | 7.5 |
Drugs | 1.0 | 3.2 |
Other crime | 1.4 | 2.2 |
Other theft | 4.6 | 7.1 |
Possession of weapons | 1.1 | 0.9 |
Public order | 4.3 | 7.2 |
Robbery | 0.9 | 1.3 |
Shoplifting | 13.9 | 8.7 |
Theft from the person | 0.6 | 2.3 |
Vehicle crime | 8.0 | 5.7 |
Violent crime | 21.7 | 35.0 |