Postcode · Bromsgrove
Crime in B61 7LY
How much crime is recorded in B61 7LY, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Bromsgrove Charford
- Council
- Bromsgrove
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,646 (2024)
B61 7LYBromsgrove
How safe is B61 7LY
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 23.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B61 7LY area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
23.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
46
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 7LYNational
Violence and sexual offences22.223.6
Anti-social behaviour9.510.7
Criminal damage and arson3.94.7
Public order3.74.6
Burglary2.29.1
Drugs1.92.4
Other theft1.34.5
Other crime1.01.5
Shoplifting0.58.4
Theft from the person0.52.1
Robbery0.41.4
Possession of weapons0.10.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 23% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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40
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.