Crime Rates at South Street, Redditch, B98 7DQ

South Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Central , and the 68th 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 South Street (B98 7DQ) in the last 12 months was 100.0 per 1,000 residents and was 49.7% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 70.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 137.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around South Street (B98 7DQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Silver Street (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.