Crime Rate in Headless Cross & Oakenshaw, ward

Headless Cross & Oakenshaw has the 4th highest crime rate of 9 wards in Redditch district and the 2763rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 274th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Headless Cross & Oakenshaw in the last 12 months was 79.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.3% lower than the Redditch district average (88.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Headless Cross & Oakenshaw’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 261 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 332 (≈ 35.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Headless Cross & Oakenshaw ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 142 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.