Total Crime Rate

100.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

34.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 100.2 8/10
  • Violent crimes 34.8 6/10
  • Other theft 34.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.2 5/10
  • Public order 8.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Shoplifting 4.1 3/10
  • Burglary 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Alcester Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Alvechurch South , and the 49th highest crime rate of 303 local areas in Bromsgrove .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Alcester Road (B48 7HT) in the last 12 months was 100.2 per 1,000 residents and was 47.7% higher than the Alvechurch South average (67.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 34.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alcester Road (B48 7HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alcester Road, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Penn Lane (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Alcester Road area

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Data Sources

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