Knowle
Middle areaSouth Solihull. 9,713 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 9.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 35% of people in Knowle live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Knowle
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Knowle at a rate of 41.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.9 per 1,000 people across Solihull.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 161 |
| Other crime | 80 |
| Vehicle crime | 41 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 39 |
| Burglary | 33 |
| Shoplifting | 27 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 8 |
| Drug offences | 4 |
| Robbery | 4 |
| Theft from the person | 2 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Knowle compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Knowle safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Knowle at a rate of 41.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.9 per 1,000 people across Solihull.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 44 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Knowle.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (161), other crime (80) and vehicle crime (41).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Solihull
These figures are published for the whole of Solihull, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Solihull and not Knowle alone. See Solihull
Knowle in brief
The median price paid for a home in Knowle was £580,250 in 2025.
Knowle had 9,730 usual residents at the census.
About 35% of people in Knowle live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Knowle, 96.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.