Total Crime Rate
50.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026South Crescent area has the 19th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Aston Fields , and the 123rd highest crime rate of 303 local areas in Bromsgrove .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around South Crescent (B60 2DG) in the last 12 months was 50.0 per 1,000 residents and was 21.2% lower than the Aston Fields average (63.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around South Crescent (B60 2DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Place, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Windsor Street (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bromsgrove| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Windsor Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Crown Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Windsor Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cedar Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunnymead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Crown Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Crown Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Windsor Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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