Total Crime Rate
48.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fox Lane area has the 20th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Aston Fields , and the 130th 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 Fox Lane (B61 7NG) in the last 12 months was 48.0 per 1,000 residents and was 24.3% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 42.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 31.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fox Lane (B61 7NG), 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 Bromsgrove| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tibberton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilmcote Court | 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 | Other crime | Housman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fox Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Enfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Enfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forelands Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forelands Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forelands Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tibberton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forelands Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wilmcote Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Housman Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Villiers Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnoustie Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunningdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Regal Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunningdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Austin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Austin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morris Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Morris Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B4091 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Austin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Housman Close | Awaiting court outcome |
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