Crime Statistics for Lode Heath, Solihull, Solihull, 2024

There were a total of 172 street level crime incidents in Lode Heath in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Lode Heath, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	53
Shoplifting	33
Vehicle Crime	18
Anti Social Behaviour	14
Burglary	13
Public Order	12
Other Theft	9
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Robbery	5
Other Crime	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Drugs	2
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	172

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Lode Heath. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Lode Heath

We've taken the ten nearest places to Lode Heath and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Lode Heath has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Sheldon (2.49 miles)	278
Hall Green (2.56 miles)	253
Shirley (1.96 miles)	202
Lode Heath	172
Ulverley Green (1.39 miles)	132
Blossomfield (1.75 miles)	124
Monkspath (2.56 miles)	53
Copt Heath (2.24 miles)	49
Bickenhill (2.24 miles)	38
Catherine-de-Barnes (1.24 miles)	27

Where are the most violent places near Lode Heath?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Lode Heath and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Hall Green	120
Sheldon	89
Shirley	59
Ulverley Green	59
Lode Heath	53
Blossomfield	40
Monkspath	19
Catherine-de-Barnes	15
Copt Heath	14
Bickenhill	10

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Lode Heath?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Lode Heath to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Lode Heath compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Lode Heath and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Lode Heath is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bickenhill	53
2	Hall Green South	51
3	Lyndon	48
4	Olton	44
5	Elmdon	40
6	Silhill	36
7	Shirley East	35
8	Shirley South	20
9	St Alphege	18
10	Dorridge and Hockley Heath	17
11	Knowle	14

Which road in Lode Heath has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Lode Heath with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.