Total Crime Rate
117.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hewell Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Batchley & Brockhill , and the 54th 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 Hewell Road (B97 6AT) in the last 12 months was 117.7 per 1,000 residents and was 30.3% higher than the Batchley & Brockhill average (90.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hewell Road (B97 6AT), the main crime hotspot is near Wildmoor Close. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Batchley & Brockhill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fir Tree Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hewell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bowood Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cedar Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cedar View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridley Moor Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridley Moor Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridley Moor Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hewell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hewell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridley Moor Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Edward Street | Under investigation |
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