Total Crime Rate
61.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Providence Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Lowes Hill , and the 98th 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 Providence Road (B61 8EG) in the last 12 months was 61.2 per 1,000 residents and was 21.2% higher 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 233.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 36.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 233.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Providence Road (B61 8EG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Canberra Close, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Conifer Grove (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bromsgrove| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Flats | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Conifer Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Conifer Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Canberra Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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