Total Crime Rate

121.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

69.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 121.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 69.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.7 7/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Trees Close area has the 9th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Headless Cross & Oakenshaw , and the 49th highest crime rate of 260 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 High Trees Close (B98 7XJ) in the last 12 months was 121.7 per 1,000 residents and was 63.9% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 69.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Trees Close (B98 7XJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Trees Close, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mickleton Close (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Trees Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Four Oaks Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Trees Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Northside Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mickleton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Four Oaks Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Four Oaks Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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