Total Crime Rate
94.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ash Tree Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Batchley & Brockhill , and the 77th highest crime rate of 260 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 Ash Tree Road (B97 6JW) in the last 12 months was 94.3 per 1,000 residents and was 2.0% higher than the Batchley & Brockhill average (92.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 40.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 56.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ash Tree Road (B97 6JW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Willow Way, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Daybrook Close (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Redditch| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daybrook Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Willow Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daybrook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daybrook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Willow Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Willow Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Willow Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hazel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hazel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hazel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broad Heath Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Broad Heath Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornhampton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | B4184 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carthorse Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Batchley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Batchley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Tree Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broad Heath Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cofton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cofton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Oak Tree Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Tree Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Tree Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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