Total Crime Rate

135.8 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 135.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.4 8/10
  • Public order 9.3 7/10
  • Other theft 6.2 6/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Stourbridge Road area has the highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Lowes Hill , and the 29th highest crime rate of 305 local areas in Bromsgrove .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Stourbridge Road (B61 0BH) in the last 12 months was 135.8 per 1,000 residents and was 196.2% higher than the Lowes Hill average (45.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 1000.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 80.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stourbridge Road (B61 0BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sheepcote Grange, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near King Edward Avenue (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Stourbridge Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Edward Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Edward Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Perryfields Crescent Under investigation
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Data Sources

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