Total Crime Rate

234.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 234.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 56.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.3 9/10
  • Public order 22.7 9/10
  • Burglary 15.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.4 7/10
  • Other crime 11.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.4 8/10
  • Drugs 7.6 7/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Robbery 7.6 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Birchfield Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Headless Cross & Oakenshaw , and the 13th highest crime rate of 265 local areas in Redditch .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Birchfield Road (B97 4LD) in the last 12 months was 234.9 per 1,000 residents and was 195.4% higher than the Headless Cross & Oakenshaw average (79.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 83.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birchfield Road (B97 4LD), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Headless Cross & Oakenshaw

Crime Over Time in Birchfield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Southcrest Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southcrest Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rookery Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bredon View Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rectory Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rectory Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Highfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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