Crime Statistics for Shirley, Solihull, Solihull, August 2019

The aim of this article is to provide a brief overview of street level crime in Shirley using the latest Police statistics. Police data is usually published two months in arrears, so August 2019 are the latest figures. The data published by the Police are incidents that were reported to them in that month, not the crimes that were prosecuted and/or had further action taken. In by far the majority of incidents, no further action is taken.

There were a total of 194 street level crime incidents in Shirley in August 2019. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting. Below are these incidents broken down by category.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Shirley, 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	34
Shoplifting	33
Anti Social Behaviour	27
Burglary	20
Criminal Damage Arson	20
Vehicle Crime	18
Bicycle Theft	10
Other Theft	9
Robbery	9
Drugs	6
Public Order	5
Other Crime	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	194

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2019

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Hall Green (1.39 miles)	213
Warstock (1.86 miles)	210
Shirley	194
Lode Heath (1.96 miles)	152
Ulverley Green (1.39 miles)	121
Blossomfield (0.88 miles)	85
Hasluck’s Green (1.39 miles)	81
Cole (1.64 miles)	77
Major’s Green (1.76 miles)	56
Shirley Heath (1.39 miles)	46

Most violent places near Shirley

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Hall Green	60
Warstock	56
Lode Heath	40
Ulverley Green	40
Shirley	34
Cole	21
Major’s Green	17
Hasluck’s Green	16
Blossomfield	14
Shirley Heath	10