Total Crime Rate

130.2 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 130.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.2 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Drugs 6.4 7/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Deans Close area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 13 local areas in North , and the 48th highest crime rate of 265 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 Deans Close (B98 9HS) in the last 12 months was 130.2 per 1,000 residents and was 75.8% higher than the North average (74.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 60.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Deans Close (B98 9HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Exhall Close (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Deans Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robinson Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robinson Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Robinson Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Robinson Mews Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Robinson Mews Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robinson Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cleeve Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melbury Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Melbury Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rickyard Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greystone Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greystone Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Greystone Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rickyard Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rickyard Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rickyard Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Acton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robinson Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Exhall Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heronfield Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chedworth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Arley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Arley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Loxley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Loxley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Loxley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Exhall Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area

Data Sources

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