Total Crime Rate

188.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 188.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 68.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.5 8/10
  • Public order 19.6 9/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Other crime 4.9 7/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Ipsley Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Central , and the 22nd 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 Ipsley Street (B98 7AL) in the last 12 months was 188.7 per 1,000 residents and was 5.1% lower than the Central average (198.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 71.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ipsley Street (B98 7AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Archer Road (54 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ipsley Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Herbert Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Millsbro Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Millsbro Road —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Millsbro Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Millsbro Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Millsbro Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Honeychurch Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Herbert Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herbert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marsden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herbert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herbert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herbert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Grove Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Alcester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lodge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marsden Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marsden Road —

Data Sources

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