Total Crime Rate

451.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 451.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 330.1 10/10
  • Other crime 39.2 10/10
  • Public order 29.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.8 5/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Scarfield Hill area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Avoncroft , and the 7th highest crime rate of 305 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 Scarfield Hill (B48 7DB) in the last 12 months was 451.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1005.6% higher than the Avoncroft average (40.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 101 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 111 (≈ 362.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Crime Over Time in Scarfield Hill area

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Data Sources

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