Total Crime Rate
213.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
105.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Crossgate Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Headless Cross & Oakenshaw , and the 18th highest crime rate of 260 local areas in Redditch .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Crossgate Road (B98 7SN) in the last 12 months was 213.0 per 1,000 residents and was 186.8% higher than the Headless Cross & Oakenshaw average (74.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 105.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crossgate Road (B98 7SN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rushock Close, where police recorded 91 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ombersley Close (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Redditch| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rushock Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Ombersley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ombersley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ombersley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ombersley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ombersley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ombersley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ombersley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ombersley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rushock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rushock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rushock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rushock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rushock Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Ombersley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Upper Crossgate Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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