Total Crime Rate

124.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 124.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.0 9/10
  • Other crime 7.8 9/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.8 9/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.8 7/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Gibb Lane area has the 5th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Catshill North , and the 38th 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 Gibb Lane (B61 0JP) in the last 12 months was 124.5 per 1,000 residents and was 67.8% higher than the Catshill North average (74.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 54.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gibb Lane (B61 0JP), the main crime hotspot is near Poets Court. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gibb Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Golden Cross Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Golden Cross Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Golden Cross Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bracken Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wildmoor Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Poets Court —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Meadows —
Sep 2025Public order Poets Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kempton Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shelley Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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