Total Crime Rate
120.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
97.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Church Lane area has the 9th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Bromsgrove Central , and the 36th highest crime rate of 303 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 Church Lane (B61 8RB) in the last 12 months was 120.0 per 1,000 residents and was 57.6% higher than the Bromsgrove Central average (76.2 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 97.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Lane (B61 8RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Place, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (32 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 | Factory Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Perry Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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