Total Crime Rate
154.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
107.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marsden Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Central , and the 32nd 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 Marsden Road (B98 7AY) in the last 12 months was 154.9 per 1,000 residents and was 20.6% lower than the Central average (195.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 107.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 51.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marsden Road (B98 7AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Millsbro Road, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mount Street (24 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 | Summer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marsden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Marsden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Grove Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alcester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alcester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alcester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Millsbro Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Millsbro Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millsbro Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millsbro Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Nailsworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nailsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nailsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Marsden Road | Under investigation |
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