Postcode · Redditch
Crime in B98 8LQ
How much crime is recorded in B98 8LQ, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Redditch Town & Abbeydale
- Council
- Redditch
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,086 (2024)
B98 8LQRedditch
How safe is B98 8LQ
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 39.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B98 8LQ 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
39.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
68
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 8LQNational
Violence and sexual offences30.623.6
Anti-social behaviour9.310.7
Burglary7.09.1
Vehicle crime5.43.5
Criminal damage and arson4.94.7
Other theft3.34.5
Public order3.24.6
Drugs3.12.4
Other crime2.11.5
Shoplifting1.58.4
Bicycle theft0.91.0
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Robbery0.41.4
Theft from the person0.42.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 11% 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.