Total Crime Rate
45.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grafton Crescent area has the 21st highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Aston Fields , and the 140th 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 Grafton Crescent (B60 3HW) in the last 12 months was 45.6 per 1,000 residents and was 28.1% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 166.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 25.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grafton Crescent (B60 3HW), the main crime hotspot is near Tibberton Court. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Charford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Morris Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Austin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grafton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Collis Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Collis Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mercia Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Regal Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morris Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B4091 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Housman Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Austin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Housman Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Housman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Housman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tibberton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tibberton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Housman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edwin Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edwin Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Austin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Francis Road | Under investigation |
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