Total Crime Rate
2161.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1142.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Church Green West area has the highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Central , and the highest crime rate of 260 local areas in Redditch .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Church Green West (B97 4DJ) in the last 12 months was 2161.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1008.8% higher than the Central average (195.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 365 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 9 cases , up 28.6% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 61.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 480 (≈ 1142.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Green West (B97 4DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 173 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Archer Road (76 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Redditch| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesbourne Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alcester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alcester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alcester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Unicorn Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Unicorn Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Silver Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wellesbourne Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesbourne Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Archer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Melen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Archer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Archer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Archer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Archer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Archer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Archer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hemming'S Entry | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Archer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
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