Postcode · Redditch
Crime in B98 9HF
How much crime is recorded in B98 9HF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Church Hill South
- Council
- Redditch
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,270 (2024)
How safe is B98 9HF
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 33.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B98 9HF 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
33.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
52
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 9HFNational
Violence and sexual offences27.623.6
Burglary6.69.1
Criminal damage and arson4.94.7
Anti-social behaviour4.110.7
Other theft3.34.5
Vehicle crime3.23.5
Other crime2.91.5
Public order2.04.6
Drugs1.02.4
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Robbery0.41.4
Theft from the person0.42.1
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 13% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.