Total Crime Rate

111.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 111.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.1 7/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Other theft 4.6 4/10
  • Public order 4.6 4/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Marsden Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Central , and the 58th 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 Marsden Road (B98 7BL) in the last 12 months was 111.6 per 1,000 residents and was 43.8% lower 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 66.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Marsden Road (B98 7BL), the main crime hotspot is near Millsbro Road. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Marsden Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Millsbro Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nailsworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Nailsworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Millsbro Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Millsbro Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Honeychurch Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Millsbro Road —
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Millsbro Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marsden Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marsden Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marsden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lodge Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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