Postcode · Redditch
Crime in B97 5JH
How much crime is recorded in B97 5JH, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Crabbs Cross
- Council
- Redditch
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,312 (2024)
B97 5JHRedditch
How safe is B97 5JH
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 29.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B97 5JH area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
29.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
58
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 5JHNational
Violence and sexual offences21.223.6
Shoplifting7.68.4
Burglary6.89.1
Public order5.34.6
Anti-social behaviour4.710.7
Vehicle crime3.63.5
Other crime3.21.5
Criminal damage and arson2.84.7
Robbery2.71.4
Drugs1.52.4
Other theft1.54.5
Theft from the person0.52.1
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 44% 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.