Postcode · Redditch
Crime in B98 8RF
How much crime is recorded in B98 8RF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Church Hill South
- Council
- Redditch
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,423 (2024)
B98 8RFRedditch
How safe is B98 8RF
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 34.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B98 8RF area, 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
34.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
58
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 8RFNational
Violence and sexual offences29.023.6
Anti-social behaviour9.310.7
Criminal damage and arson6.44.7
Burglary5.19.1
Other theft3.84.5
Vehicle crime3.33.5
Public order1.44.6
Other crime1.21.5
Bicycle theft0.61.0
Drugs0.62.4
Possession of weapons0.00.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 26% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
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.