Total Crime Rate
43.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Churchfields area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Lowes Hill , and the 147th 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 Churchfields (B61 8EA) in the last 12 months was 43.8 per 1,000 residents and was 13.2% lower than the Lowes Hill average (50.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 36.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Churchfields (B61 8EA), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 94 crimes here, including 39 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 | Laburnum Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Flats | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Recreation Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Crown Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Crown Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Crown Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields Close | Under investigation |
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