Postcode · Redditch
Crime in B97 6GY
How much crime is recorded in B97 6GY, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Batchley & Brockhill
- Council
- Redditch
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,906 (2024)
B97 6GYRedditch
How safe is B97 6GY
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B97 6GY 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
20.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
34
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 6GYNational
Violence and sexual offences18.223.6
Burglary6.69.1
Anti-social behaviour4.610.7
Criminal damage and arson4.44.7
Other crime1.71.5
Other theft1.54.5
Public order1.04.6
Vehicle crime0.43.5
Drugs0.42.4
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 59% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.