Crime Rates at Knowle Close, Church Hill, Redditch, B98 9JN

Knowle Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 13 local areas in North , and the 41st 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 Knowle Close (B98 9JN) in the last 12 months was 139.2 per 1,000 residents and was 88.0% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 120.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Knowle Close (B98 9JN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Melbury Way (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.