Postcode district · Redditch
Crime in B97
How much crime is recorded in B97, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Redditch
- Region
- West Midlands
- Population
- 50,240 (2024)
B97Postcode district · Redditch
How safe is B97
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 33.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in B97, broadly in line with 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
33.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
63
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).
B97National
Violence and sexual offences27.123.6
Shoplifting10.18.4
Burglary9.79.1
Anti-social behaviour7.510.7
Public order4.24.6
Criminal damage and arson4.04.7
Other theft4.04.5
Vehicle crime2.23.5
Other crime1.61.5
Robbery1.51.4
Drugs1.42.4
Possession of weapons1.20.9
Bicycle theft1.11.0
Theft from the person0.82.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 9% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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10
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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.