Total Crime Rate

119.3 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 119.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.6 9/10
  • Drugs 5.7 6/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Theft from the person 1.9 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Kingstone Place area has the 11th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Greenlands & Lakeside , and the 51st highest crime rate of 265 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 Kingstone Place (B98 7GG) in the last 12 months was 119.3 per 1,000 residents and was 70.7% higher than the Greenlands & Lakeside average (69.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 72.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 52.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingstone Place (B98 7GG), the main crime hotspot is near Woodrow Centre. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kingstone Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longdon Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Longdon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Martley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Martley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Kemble Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodrow South
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kempsey Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kempsey Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kempsey Close
Sep 2025Public order Eckington Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longdon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cropthorne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cropthorne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Landor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cropthorne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Newland Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Woodrow North Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodrow Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodrow Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Woodrow Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eckington Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodrow Centre Under investigation

Data Sources

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