Total Crime Rate

117.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 117.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.1 8/10
  • Drugs 9.8 8/10
  • Other theft 9.8 8/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Hewell 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.

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Crime Over Time in Hewell Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fir Tree Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hewell Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bowood Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cedar Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar View Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cedar View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridley Moor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridley Moor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridley Moor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hewell Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hewell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridley Moor Road —
Sep 2025Robbery Edward Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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