Crime Statistics for Copt Heath, Solihull, Solihull, 2024

There were a total of 47 street level crime incidents in Copt Heath in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Copt 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	22
Vehicle Crime	8
Anti Social Behaviour	3
Shoplifting	3
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Other Theft	3
Burglary	2
Public Order	2
Other Crime	1
All Crime	47

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Copt 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 Copt Heath

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Tilehouse Green (0.62 miles)	63
Knowle (0.88 miles)	55
Copt Heath	47
Knowle Grove (1.24 miles)	42
Rotten Row (1.39 miles)	35
Dorridge (1.39 miles)	32
Bentley Heath (1.39 miles)	32
Catherine-de-Barnes (1.86 miles)	28
Norton Green (1.86 miles)	24
Four Ashes (1.75 miles)	20

Where are the most violent places near Copt Heath?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Tilehouse Green	23
Knowle	23
Copt Heath	22
Catherine-de-Barnes	12
Rotten Row	10
Knowle Grove	8
Four Ashes	6
Dorridge	3
Bentley Heath	3
Norton Green	2

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Copt 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 Copt 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 Copt Heath compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Bickenhill	53
2	Elmdon	40
3	Silhill	36
4	Shirley East	35
5	Kenilworth Abbey & Arden	33
6	Meriden	28
7	Blythe	22
8	Shirley South	20
9	St Alphege	18
10	Dorridge and Hockley Heath	17
11	Knowle	14

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

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