Crime Statistics for Packwood, Solihull, Warwickshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Packwood, Solihull

There were a total of 10 street level crime incidents in Packwood in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Anti Social Behaviour3
Violent Crime3
Criminal Damage Arson2
Public Order1
Vehicle Crime1
All Crime10

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 Packwood. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Packwood

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Knowle Grove (1.24 miles)42
Rotten Row (1.39 miles)35
Packwood Gullet (0.88 miles)33
Dorridge (1.39 miles)32
Bentley Heath (1.39 miles)32
Norton Green (0.62 miles)24
Hockley Heath (1.39 miles)23
Packwood10
Lapworth (1.39 miles)9
Chessetts Wood (0.62 miles)2

6.57%
of Dorridge and Hockley Heath residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Packwood?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Rotten Row10
Hockley Heath10
Knowle Grove8
Packwood Gullet5
Lapworth4
Dorridge3
Bentley Heath3
Packwood3
Norton Green2
Chessetts Wood0

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

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 Packwood 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 Packwood compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Tanworth-in-Arden57
2Henley-in-Arden49
3Silhill36
4Shirley East35
5Kenilworth Abbey & Arden33
6Meriden28
7Blythe22
8Shirley South20
9St Alphege18
10Dorridge and Hockley Heath17
11Knowle14

Which road in Packwood has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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