Total Crime Rate
240.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Birmingham Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Central , and the 12th highest crime rate of 265 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 Birmingham Road (B97 6EP) in the last 12 months was 240.4 per 1,000 residents and was 20.9% higher than the Central average (198.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 90.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Birmingham Road (B97 6EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesbourne Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlehouse Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlehouse Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Herbert Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Herbert Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Herbert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Herbert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Herbert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Herbert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Albert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesbourne Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellesbourne Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clive Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clive Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clive Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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