Total Crime Rate
805.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
233.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brookend Drive area has the highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Marlbrook , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 303 local areas in Bromsgrove .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brookend Drive (B45 9LA) in the last 12 months was 805.9 per 1,000 residents and was 2337.0% higher than the Marlbrook average (33.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 119 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -12.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 233.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brookend Drive (B45 9LA), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 176 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Rubery South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | The Doweries | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rubery Farm Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cock Hill Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Callowbridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Doweries | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lea Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dodford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Doweries | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Doweries | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookend Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Beoley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | The Doweries | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | New Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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