Total Crime Rate
131.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Consort Gardens area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Lowes Hill , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 305 local areas in Bromsgrove .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Consort Gardens (B61 0DA) in the last 12 months was 131.6 per 1,000 residents and was 187.0% higher than the Lowes Hill average (45.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 44.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Consort Gardens (B61 0DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shenstone Close (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lowes Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | School Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burcot Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | School Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shenstone Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shenstone Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shenstone Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shenstone Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakland Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burcot Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burcot Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burcot Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | All Saints Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakhurst Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakhurst Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burcot Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Burcot Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | All Saints Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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