Total Crime Rate

102.9 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 102.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.1 9/10
  • Public order 17.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.1 9/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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

New Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Bromsgrove Central , and the 54th 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 New Road (B61 8QE) in the last 12 months was 102.9 per 1,000 residents and was 22.6% higher than the Bromsgrove Central average (83.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 62.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Road (B61 8QE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Canberra Close, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Bromsgrove Central

Crime Over Time in New Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Canberra Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Canberra Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Canberra Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crabtree Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crabtree Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Crabtree Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Canberra Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Church Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Canberra Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Willow Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Willow Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osier Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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