Postcode · Redditch
Crime in B97 5AA
How much crime is recorded in B97 5AA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Webheath
- Council
- Redditch
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,395 (2024)
B97 5AARedditch
How safe is B97 5AA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 21.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B97 5AA area, well 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
21.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
28
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).
B97 5AANational
Violence and sexual offences17.323.6
Burglary5.19.1
Vehicle crime2.83.5
Anti-social behaviour1.710.7
Criminal damage and arson1.34.7
Public order1.04.6
Shoplifting0.58.4
Drugs0.52.4
Other crime0.51.5
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Other theft0.34.5
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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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.