Total Crime Rate
671.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
282.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Millsborough Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Central , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 260 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 Millsborough Road (B98 7BU) in the last 12 months was 671.7 per 1,000 residents and was 244.5% higher than the Central average (195.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 282.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Millsborough Road (B98 7BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Millsbro Road, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Redditch| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Other Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Other Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Other Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Grove Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Millsbro Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Marsden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Marsden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marsden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Millsbro Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millsbro Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summer Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millsbro Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nailsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nailsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Nailsworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winterbourne Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winterbourne Close | Awaiting court outcome |
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