Total Crime Rate

192.9 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 192.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 78.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.2 8/10
  • Public order 23.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Patch Lane area has the 5th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Headless Cross & Oakenshaw , and the 20th 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 Patch Lane (B98 7XG) in the last 12 months was 192.9 per 1,000 residents and was 142.7% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 86.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Patch Lane (B98 7XG), the main crime hotspot is near Clews Road. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Patch Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Peterbrook Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Yarningale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clews Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clews Road —
Sep 2025Public order Clews Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clews Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kempsford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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