Total Crime Rate

80.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

76.9 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 80.6 7/10
  • Violent crimes 76.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.6 9/10
  • Public order 7.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Knowle Close area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 13 local areas in North , and the 93rd 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 Knowle Close (B98 9JN) in the last 12 months was 80.6 per 1,000 residents and was 15.7% higher than the North average (69.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 76.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.2% 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 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greystone Close (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Knowle Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Robinson Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greystone Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Sandhurst Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Knowle Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Deans Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Redstone Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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