Postcode · Redditch
Crime in B97 6LB
How much crime is recorded in B97 6LB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Batchley & Brockhill
- Council
- Redditch
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,776 (2024)
B97 6LBRedditch
How safe is B97 6LB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 36.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B97 6LB 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
36.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
65
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 6LBNational
Violence and sexual offences30.523.6
Shoplifting11.28.4
Anti-social behaviour9.110.7
Criminal damage and arson3.84.7
Vehicle crime3.53.5
Burglary3.49.1
Other theft2.34.5
Other crime1.41.5
Public order1.14.6
Possession of weapons0.90.9
Robbery0.31.4
Drugs0.12.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 29% 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.