Postcode · Redditch
Crime in B98 9BE
How much crime is recorded in B98 9BE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Alvechurch, Hopwood & Holt End
- Council
- Bromsgrove
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,622 (2024)
B98 9BERedditch
How safe is B98 9BE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B98 9BE area, less than half 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
15.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
31
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 9BENational
Burglary17.99.1
Violence and sexual offences8.623.6
Other theft5.44.5
Shoplifting4.08.4
Vehicle crime2.93.5
Public order2.34.6
Anti-social behaviour2.010.7
Criminal damage and arson1.84.7
Drugs0.82.4
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Robbery0.21.4
Theft from the person0.22.1
Other crime0.01.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 15% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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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.