Total Crime Rate

223.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 223.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.0 10/10
  • Other theft 24.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.9 8/10
  • Public order 22.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.1 9/10
  • Burglary 12.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.8 7/10
  • Drugs 7.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.0 9/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Shoplifting 5.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.8 1/10
  • Robbery 1.8 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.8 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

Crossgate Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Headless Cross & Oakenshaw , and the 16th 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 Crossgate Road (B98 7TD) in the last 12 months was 223.6 per 1,000 residents and was 181.3% higher than the Headless Cross & Oakenshaw average (79.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 112.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Crossgate Road (B98 7TD), the main crime hotspot is near Sports/Recreation Area. Police recorded 11 crimes here, including 2 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Headless Cross & Oakenshaw

Crime Over Time in Crossgate Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sports/Recreation Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Washford Lane —
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Data Sources

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