Postcode · Bromsgrove
Crime in B61 0LB
How much crime is recorded in B61 0LB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Catshill
- Council
- Bromsgrove
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,343 (2024)
B61 0LBBromsgrove
How safe is B61 0LB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 36.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B61 0LB area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
36.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
62
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
B61 0LBNational
Violence and sexual offences30.623.6
Anti-social behaviour6.710.7
Shoplifting5.98.4
Criminal damage and arson5.84.7
Burglary5.19.1
Vehicle crime3.33.5
Public order3.14.6
Theft from the person1.22.1
Other crime1.21.5
Other theft0.74.5
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Drugs0.62.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.