Total Crime Rate

8.0 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 8.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.4 1/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Laburnum Close area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 39 local areas in Drakes Cross , and the 8th lowest crime rate of 305 local areas in Bromsgrove .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Laburnum Close (B47 5QW) in the last 12 months was 8.0 per 1,000 residents and was 91.1% lower than the Drakes Cross average (90.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Laburnum Close (B47 5QW), the main crime hotspot is near Shawfield. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Laburnum Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laburnum Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pearmans Croft —
Sep 2025Robbery Lime Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shawfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Shawfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shawfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shawfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shawfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shawfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Flax Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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