Total Crime Rate
116.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fir Tree Drive area has the 13th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Batchley & Brockhill , and the 55th highest crime rate of 265 local areas in Redditch .
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 Fir Tree Drive (B97 4AX) in the last 12 months was 116.4 per 1,000 residents and was 28.9% higher than the Batchley & Brockhill average (90.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (β 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fir Tree Drive (B97 4AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 171 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Izod Street (81 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Batchley & Brockhill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarke Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Izod Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Silver Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Vine Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clarke Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ludlow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ludlow Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Izod Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Izod Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Izod Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakly Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Izod Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Izod Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Izod Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Izod Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Izod Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Izod Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bates Hill | β |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Unicorn Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Unicorn Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bates Hill | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bates Hill | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Silver Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Silver Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haresfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prophets Close | Under investigation |
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