Total Crime Rate

72.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 72.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Shoplifting 4.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Wordsworth Avenue area has the 15th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Headless Cross & Oakenshaw , and the 107th highest crime rate of 265 local areas in Redditch .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wordsworth Avenue (B97 5BH) in the last 12 months was 72.9 per 1,000 residents and was 8.3% lower than the Headless Cross & Oakenshaw average (79.5 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 Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 32.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wordsworth Avenue (B97 5BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Rough, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Scott Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Headless Cross & Oakenshaw

Crime Over Time in Wordsworth Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bredon View Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rookery Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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