Postcode · Redditch
Crime in B98 7ST
How much crime is recorded in B98 7ST, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Oakenshaw
- Council
- Redditch
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,322 (2024)
B98 7STRedditch
How safe is B98 7ST
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 17.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B98 7ST area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
17.8
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).
B98 7STNational
Violence and sexual offences14.823.6
Burglary6.49.1
Public order4.44.6
Anti-social behaviour3.710.7
Criminal damage and arson3.24.7
Other theft2.94.5
Other crime1.91.5
Vehicle crime0.93.5
Drugs0.62.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 6% 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.