Total Crime Rate
280.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Drovers Way area has the highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Aston Fields , and the 11th 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 Drovers Way (B60 3PR) in the last 12 months was 280.0 per 1,000 residents and was 334.9% higher than the Aston Fields average (64.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 450.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 88.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 69.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 100.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Drovers Way (B60 3PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Avon Close, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Flavel Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Aston Fields| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hastings Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Avon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Talbot Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hewell Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Flavel Road | — |
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